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ST. MAARTEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Maarten mean?
• ST. MAARTEN (noun)
The noun ST. MAARTEN has 1 sense:
1. an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands
Familiarity information: ST. MAARTEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Saint Maarten; Saint Martin; St. Maarten; St. Martin
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("St. Maarten" is a part of...):
Leeward Islands (a group of islands in the eastern West Indies)
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