Roseau
Roseau Capital of Dominica, in the Windward Islands, a port on the sw coast at the mouth of the River Roseau. The city was burned by the French in 1805, and virtually destroyed by a hurricane in 1979. Tropical vegetables, oils, spices, limes and lime juice are exported. Pop. (2002) 19,700.
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