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Saint Lu·cia AHD[lo͞o′shə, lo͞o-sēʹə] D.J.[ˈluːʃə, luːˈsiːə]K.K.[ˈluʃə, luˈsiə]NONE（无词性） - An island country of the West Indies in the Windward Islands south of Martinique. The island was probably discovered by Columbus in 1502 and was first settled by the English in 1605. Its possession was contested by the French until the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1814), when it passed definitively to Great Britain. The country achieved independence in 1979. Castries is the capital. Population, 134,006.圣卢西亚岛：西印度群岛中的一个岛国，位于向风群岛马提尼克岛以南。此岛可能是1502年由哥伦布发现，1605年被英国首先占领。直至拿破仑战争的结束(1814年）法国曾一度试图占有此岛，随后英国完全占有此岛。1979年圣卢西亚获得独立，首都卡斯特里。人口134,006
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