Etymology

Saint Lucia

Today it means: An island and country in the Caribbean. Capital: Castries. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse. Legend says that the French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on the feast of Saint Lucy (13 December) of 1502.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.