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    What or who is the French Caribbian island Martinique named for?

    Question #85229. Asked by author. (Sep 02 07 8:22 AM)


    jonnowales

    		The name Martinique is probably a corruption of the Indian name Madiana (“Island of Flowers”) or Madinina (“Fertile Island with Luxuriant Vegetation”), as reputedly told to Christopher Columbus by the Caribs in 1502. Empress Joséphine, consort of Napoleon I, was born on the island in 1763; she was the daughter of a Martinique planter named Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie.

    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9117393/Martinique

    Sep 02 07, 8:43 AM

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