Pelée

[ puh-ley ]

noun

1. Mount, a volcano in the West Indies, on the island of Martinique: eruption 1902. 4,428 feet (1,350 meters).

Pelée

/ pəˈleɪ /

noun

1. Mount Pelée
   a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)

Example Sentences

That play was his own composition, and when I had praised it, he told me that it was a 'tete pelee'.

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Morning mists over the lake, the Pelee coming up out of them.

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I can hear the placid natives say: "Old Father Pelee is our protector—not our destroyer."

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Only just recovered from the catastrophe of Mont Pelee when a hurricane comes and sweeps away their homes again!

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Only a few days before Mount Pelee erupted, the cities of Guatemala were shaken down by tremendous earthquakes.

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