Places in Grenada with french names
French name Meaning
- Grand anse.......................................................... Big bay
- L'Anse Aux Épines............................................ Bay of thorns
- Morne Rouge........................................................ Red hill
- Beausejour........................................................... Beautiful view
- Frequente............................................................ Frequented
- Grand mal........................................................... Big evil
- La Mode............................................................... Fashion
- Mardi Gras........................................................... Fat Tuesday
- Mont tout.............................................................. All mountain
- Apretout................................................................. After all
- Anse la Roche ( Carriacou) ................................. Rock bay
- Beaulieu............................................................... Beautiful place
- Belle isles.............................................................. Beautiful island
- Belmont ............................................................... Beautiful mount
- Bonaire ............................................................... Good air
- Celeste................................................................. Celestial
- Corbeau .............................................................. Raven
- Crochu.................................................................. Hooked, crooked
- Duquesne............................................................. "from the Oak"
- Durmont............................................................... Hard mountain
- Fontain Bleu falls.................................................. After the town of Fontainebleau, south of Paris
- Gouyave............................................................... Guava
- Grand Bras........................................................... Long arms
- Grand Roy Great king
- Gros Point Big point
- La Baye The bay
- la Filette The little girl
- La Fortune Fortune
- La Mode Fashion
- La Poterie The potter's
- La Sagesse bay Wisdom bay
- La Tante The aunt
- La Borie An old shepherd hut
- Marigot The swamp
- Marquis Marquee
- Mirabeau A place where you have a large view
- Mon Plaisir My pleasure
- Montreuil numerous placenames in France
Morne délice : delightful mountain
Morne Docteur : doctor mount
Morne Fendue : cracked mountain
Morne jaloux : jealous mountain
Morne Longue : long mountain
Morne rouge : red mountain
Morne Tranquille : Quiet mountain
Noelville : Christmastown
Nonpareil : without equal
Palmiste : palm tree
Pecher : peach tree
perdmontemps : wastes my time
Petite Anse : small bay
Petite Martinique : Little Martinique (from the name of the large French island in the Carribbean)
petit étang : the pond
Petit Saint Hilaire (on Carriacou): little Saint Hilaire (a place name existing as very numerous villages in France)
Pomme rose : pink apple
Pyrénées : (mountain range separating France from Spain)
Quarrière : a quarry
Ravine : gulch, gully
Requin Bay : Shark bay
Ronde island : round island
Rosemont : rose mount
Saint Cloud (French town near Paris)
Saint-Omer : a town in northern France
Salines : salt pans, salt fields
Sans Souci : without trouble
Sauteurs : jumpers
Soubise : under winter's winds
Terre Cannes : Sugar Cane fields
Vendome : (from the French town Vendôme)