Americas

Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

Saint Kitts and Nevis

no article

Going there, being there

à Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

Coming from

de Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

Why

Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès.

The people

un Kittitien, une Kittitienne

Official language

anglais

Capital

Basseterre

Example

On arrive par la mer à Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès.

You arrive by sea in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Worth knowing

A saint's name and a name built with et: two reasons to take no article. You say à Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès.

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