Cabesterre
The Cabesterre or Coast-with-wind , is the name given by the French colonists to the Eastern coasts of the island S of the the Antilles and the Réunion. It is a term coming from the vocabulary of navy of use at the 17th century which indicated a ground exposed to the east winds, because these coasts are exposed to the winds: the hot Trade winds, winds coming from the Atlantic-south.
This name is opposed to that Coast-under-the-wind for the Western coasts of these same islands.
The term of Cabesterre gave by evolution the name of the communes of Capesterre-of-Marie-Gallant Capesterre-Beautiful-Water and , both located on the cabesterre their respective islands: the Island of Low-Ground and the Marie-Gallant Island of .
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