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Where does “Guadeloupe” come from?

Guadeloupe comes from French Guadeloupe, which derives from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe, a shrine in Spain for which the island was named.

Ancestry of “Guadeloupe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchGuadeloupe—
2SpanishGuadalupe—
3LatinLupus—
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Guadeloupe”

  • Guadeloupian
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