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Definition of Castries

1. Noun. A port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia.

Definition of Castries

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Saint Lucia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Castries

Literary usage of Castries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"lai De Castries Castries was named in I 785 after the French Minister of the Navy and for St Lucia, Maréchal De Castries, who two years earlier, ..."

2. Simcoe's Military Journal: A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps by John Graves Simcoe (1844)
"Le Marquis de Castries has referred him to the American Minister, and has informed him it was at the instance of America we were detained in France. ..."

3. The Russians on the Amur: Its Discovery, Conquest, and Colonization, with a by Ernest George Ravenstein (1861)
"On the 6th August he put into Port Imperial, where the garrison at that time consisted of eleven men only, and he arrived on the llth at Castries Bay. ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1853)
"Royale le très humble et très obéissant Serviteur et Sujet de tous les Rois, Le Duc DE Castries. The Duke de Castries to Lord ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"TO CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES. PARIS, August 17, 1785. SIR,—Mine of the 13th informed you that I had written to the M. de Castries on the subject of ..."

6. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1853)
"TO THE MARECHAL DE Castries. JOHN ADAMS. Auteuil, 9 December, 1784. MONSIEUR LE MARECHAL,— According to your desire, I have committed to writing the two or ..."

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