St Lucia
/ˈluːʃə/- a country in the Caribbean, one of the Windward Islands; pop. 160,300 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), French Creole; capital, Castries.圣卢西亚（加勒比海国家, 向风群岛的一个岛屿; 2009年估计人口160,300; 语言英语［官方］和克里奥耳式法语; 首都卡斯特里）。
First encountered by Europeans around 1500, St Lucia was settled by both French and British in the 17th century. Possession of the island was long disputed until France ceded it to Britain in 1814. Since 1979 it has been an independent state within the Commonwealth.
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