An island in the Leeward Islands of the British West Indies northwest of Guadaloupe. Discovered and named by Columbus in1493, it was colonized by the English after1632 but held by the French at various periods before being awarded to Great Britain in1783.
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- 蒙特塞拉特島英國西印度群島的背風(fēng)群島上的一個(gè)島嶼,位于瓜德羅普島西北。1493年由哥倫布發(fā)現并命名,在1632年后受英國殖民者的統治,但在1783年正式淪為英國殖民地以前,法國也曾在不同時(shí)期控制過(guò)該島