SAINT LUCIA IS THE
ONLY SOVEREIGN
STATE NAMED AFTER
A WOMAN
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Most countries are often named
after their geographic location
or a feature of the land or the
largest tribes in the region. Some
others are named after people, male
people.
But, of the 195 sovereign states the
United Nations recognizes,
Saint Lucia is the only country named
after a female.
Thanks to the French who from the onset,
set her apart from the rest of the world
and named her Sainte-Lucie after the
patron Saint of Syracuse – Saint Lucy.
Saint Lucy is the patron saint of light and
therefore is the patron saint of the blind
and those with eye problems.
Known as National Day/Discovery Day
and Festival of Lights, Saint Lucy's Day is
celebrated on December 13th.
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