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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern France on the English Channel north-northwest of Amiens. Of Celtic origin, it is the leading fishing port of France.
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Examples
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In August, Europa acquired car maker Renault's convention center in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris, for its Europa Fund III.
Deals Gain Steam In Europe Market William Boston 2010
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The first stage is a light run through northern France to the coast in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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After he had won his advantage over Edward VI., he escaped the war which seemed almost inevitable, recovered Boulogne from the English by a money payment, and smoothed the way for peace between England and Scotland.
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Thus some three weeks were spent, partly at Havre, partly in Boulogne, before the unit found itself established in the Golf Hôtel at Le Touquet.
War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918
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If we accept, an officer will come for us on the morning of March 1st to our hotel in Boulogne and take us by motor, some forty miles, to the guest-house where G.H. Q. puts up its visitors.
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All I have here written about would be easy, feasible, and requisite if a large French Camp was forming in Boulogne, Cherbourg & Co., but, as yet, John Bull's steam is hardly up.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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I had spent in Boulogne years ago, and going over again in my mind the time
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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The most interesting people in Boulogne were the poissardes, or fisherwomen; they are of Spanish and Flemish extraction, and are a clan apart to themselves.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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After he had won his advantage over Edward VI., he escaped the war which seemed almost inevitable, recovered Boulogne from the English by a money payment, and smoothed the way for peace between England and Scotland.
Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois — Volume 3 [Court memoir series] Queen Marguerite 1584
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After he had won his advantage over Edward VI., he escaped the war which seemed almost inevitable, recovered Boulogne from the English by a money payment, and smoothed the way for peace between England and Scotland.
Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois — Complete [Court memoir series] Queen Marguerite 1584
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