Americas

Sainte-Lucie

Saint Lucia

no article

Going there, being there

à Sainte-Lucie

Coming from

de Sainte-Lucie

Why

Sainte-Lucie takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Sainte-Lucie.

The people

un Saint-Lucien, une Saint-Lucienne

Official language

anglais

Capital

Castries

Example

Deux pitons dominent la côte à Sainte-Lucie.

Two peaks tower over the coast in Saint Lucia.

Worth knowing

Saints' names take no article: à Sainte-Lucie, à Saint-Marin, à Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines.

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