Grande-Terre

[ French grahnd-ter ]

noun

1. Guadeloupe

Grande-Terre

/ ɡrɑ̃dtɛr /

noun

1. a French island in the Caribbean, in the Lesser Antilles: one of the two main islands which constitute Guadeloupe. Chief town: Pointe-à-Pitre

Example Sentences

The easternmost point of Grande-Terre, with a dramatic landscape and huge, crashing waves.

From Washington Post

We stayed in Gosier on Basse-Terre last year and just outside of St. Francois on Grande-Terre last month.

From New York Times

Correction: our stay on Basse-Terre was in Deshaies, Le Gosier is on Grande-Terre.

From New York Times

We spent an idyllic week on Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe’s eastern island, which is flat, dry and ringed with golden beaches, as compared with Basse-Terre, which is mountainous and dense with rain forests.

From New York Times

An eruption of the 4,813-foot La Soufrière volcano on its southern end in 1976 resulted in an evacuation, with many families moving permanently to Grande-Terre.

From New York Times