European possessions all around the world

You have to guess the territory that belongs to an European conuntry but it's outside Europe!!
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Last updated: May 17, 2015
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First submittedJune 19, 2014
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Biggest island in the world
Greenland
It borders Suriname and Brazil
French Guiana
Only border between France and the Netherlands
Saint Martin / Sint Maarten
Its sovereignity caused a war in 1982
Falkland Islands
Autonomous cities in North Africa (name one)
Ceuta / Melilla
This island is also claimed by the Comoros
Mayotte
Former footballer Lilian Thuram was borned here
Guadeloupe
Sadly known because of North African immigration
Lampedusa
Its name derives from de word "eel" in Romance languages
Anguilla
Funchal is its biggest city
Madeira
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Paul Gauguin travelled to this island
Tahiti
Oranjestad is its capital
Aruba
It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world
Tristan da Cunha
Guanches live here
Canary Islands
British Bases in an EU country
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Northern part of a famous triangle
Bermuda
Its unofficial flag has four snakes
Martinique
The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean
Montserrat
Previously known as Île Bourbon
Réunion
Offshore financial centre. An US territory has similar name.
British Virgin Islands
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Level 52
Mar 25, 2015
What is an "UE" country? I am a native english speaker, but no idea what this means. Could you mean the french word Union Européenes since Akrotiri is in Cyprus?
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Level 74
May 17, 2015
Sorry. That happened because in Spanish, my native language, European Union (EU) is Unión Europea (UE). Changed.