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Saint Martin

noun

  1. an island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: administratively divided since 1648, the north belonging to France (as a dependency of Guadeloupe until 2007, then as a separate French Overseas Collectivity) and the south belonging to the Netherlands (as part of the Netherlands Antilles); salt industry. Capital (French part): Marigot; (Dutch part): Philipsburg. Pop: (French) 36 824 (2009); (Dutch) 37 429 (2010 est). Areas: (French) 52 sq km (20 sq miles); (Dutch) 33 sq km (13 sq miles) Dutch nameSint Maarten
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Washington committed 14 turnovers and had difficulty keeping Saint Martin’s off the foul line.

Washington and Saint Martin’s have met three times in exhibitions in the past 17 years.

Saint Martin’s Island is a coral island, and the new MPA will help protect the country’s only coral reef.

The private Saint Martin’s University and Walla Walla University have among the highest rates of Latino enrollment, and their K-12 school districts also reflect that population density.

The storm previously passed over Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s Island, causing damage and injuring people, but turned away from the country’s shores before landfall.

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