Množina: Guadeloupes

Island group in the Leeward Islands, West Indies, an overseas département of France; area 1,705 sq km/658 sq mi; The main islands are Basse-Terre (on which is the chief town of the same name) and Grande-Terre. Sugar refining and rum distilling are the main industries.
Columbus reached here 1493, and the Caribs fought against Spanish colonization. A French colony was established 1635.
An island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry.