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Basse-Terre
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Basse-Terre  (bs-târ, bäs-)
The capital of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, on the southern end of Basse-Terre Island in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. Population: 11,400.
Basse-Terre [ˈbæsˈtɛə (French) bɑstɛr]
n
1. (Placename) a mountainous island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, comprising part of Guadeloupe. Area: 848 sq. km (327 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a port in W Guadeloupe, on Basse-Terre Island: the capital of the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe. Pop.: 12 549 (1999)
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With his breathing, shattered islands Bob up and down under the tropical sun-- The Grenadines and Basse Terre, Margarita and Anegada, Hispaniola and Eleuthera, And other exotically named Felicities.
The Antilles by Chakravarti, Srinjay / Journal of Caribbean Literatures
There is no doubt that Basse Terre has the main tourist attraction in La Soufriere Volcano almost five thousand feet above sea level.
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