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Alphabetically sorted, a list of about 80 French names in Grenada:
Après tout : after all
Anse la Roche (on Carriacou): Rock bay
Barique : barrel
Beaulieu : beautiful place
Beauséjour : beautiful residency
Belle Isle, Belle isles : beautiful island
Belmont : beautiful mount
Belvédère : panorama
Bonaire : good air
Bretache (old French) (on Carriacou): crenel, crenellated battlement
Caille island : quail island
Castaigne : chestnut
Céleste : celestial
Champ Fleurs : flower field
Chapeau Carré (on Carriacou): square hat
Corbeau : raven
Crochu : hooked, crooked
Duquesne : an old French name "from the Oak"
Durmont : hard mountain
Fontainbleu falls : after the town of Fontainebleau, south of Paris
Gouyave, Goyave, Guyave, Gouave : guava
Grand Anse : big bay
Grand Bras : long arms
Grand Mal : bad disease / big evil
Grand Pauvre : Great Poor (an allegory for "Christ")
Grand Roy : great king
Gros Point : big point
l'Anse aux épines : thorn bay, prickly bay
l'Espérance : hope
l'Etage : upstairs
La Baye / La baie : the bay
la Fillette: the little girl
La Fortune : Fortune
La Mode : Fashion
La Pierre : the stone
la Poterie : the potter's
la Sagesse bay : Wisdom bay
la Tante : the aunt
les Tantes (islands) : the aunts
La Borie, Laborie : (an old shepherd hut)
le petit trou : the small hole
Mardi Gras : Fat Tuesday
Marigot : the swamp
Marquis : Marquee
Mirabeau : a place where you have a large view
mon Plaisir : my pleasure
Mon Repos : my rest
Mont Tout, Mont Toute : all mountain
Montreuil : numerous placenames in France
Morne délice : delightful mountain
Morne Docteur : doctor mount
Morne Fendue : cracked mountain
Morne jaloux : jealous mountain
Morne Longue : long mountain
Morne rouge : red mountain
Morne Tranquille : Quiet mountain
Noelville : Christmastown
Nonpareil : without equal
Palmiste : palm tree
Pecher : peach tree
perdmontemps : wastes my time
Petite Anse : small bay
Petite Martinique : Little Martinique (from the name of the large French island in the Carribbean)
petit étang : the pond
Petit Saint Hilaire (on Carriacou): little Saint Hilaire (a place name existing as very numerous villages in France)
Pomme rose : pink apple
Pyrénées : (mountain range separating France from Spain)
Quarrière : a quarry
Ravine : gulch, gully
Requin Bay : Shark bay
Ronde island : round island
Rosemont : rose mount
Saint Cloud (French town near Paris)
Saint-Omer : a town in northern France
Salines : salt pans, salt fields
Sans Souci : without trouble
Sauteurs : jumpers
Soubise : under winter's winds
Terre Cannes : Sugar Cane fields
Vendome : (from the French town Vendôme)
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ProfessorIn Grenada, many places have French names due to the country's colonial history. For example, the capital city of St. George's is named after Saint George. Other French-derived names include Grand Anse, which means "big cove," and La Sagesse, which means "wisdom" in French. These names reflect the influence of French culture on the island of Grenada.
Sure thing, honey. Grenada is an English-speaking country, so they don't have "French names" for places. However, the capital city of Grenada is St. George's, which is named after Saint George, the patron saint of England. So, no need to bust out your French dictionary for this one.
Oh, what a lovely question! In Grenada, there are some French names like Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas, which mean "High Land" and "Low Land" respectively. These names reflect the topography of the areas, nestled in the beautiful landscape of Grenada. It's wonderful to appreciate the history and culture that these names carry with them.
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