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BASSETERRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Basseterre mean? 

BASSETERRE (noun)
  The noun BASSETERRE has 1 sense:

1. the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopherplay

  Familiarity information: BASSETERRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASSETERRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Basseterre" is a part of...):

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Christopher-Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St. Christopher-Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis (a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983)


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