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  • proper noun A river running through Switzerland and France, a tributary of the Saône.
  • proper noun A department of France in the region of Franche-Comté.

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Examples

  • [1] The Doubs is a stream after which one of the Eastern

    The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Various 1888

  • We can judge by one example: in the department of Doubs, which is not put down among those to be purged, five hundred and thirty administrators or municipal magistrates are dismissed in 1797, and, in addition, forty-nine others in 1798.

    The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860

  • Officials said the route that is now under consideration in Jefferson County lies in an area that is already home to a 500-kilovolt line known as the Doubs route.

    The Journal 2008

  • He also won the 2005 edition of the Tour du Doubs, a UCI category 1.1 single-day event that is part of the UCI Europe Tour and the French Cup.

    Philip Deignan to join RadioShack in 2011 2010

  • Where's Doubs with his Einsteins deep eyes and 3rd grade IQ?

    Senate Democrats break GOP judicial filibuster 2009

  • Sure enough, the message, “La vallée du Doubs est belle, en été” “The Doubs valley is beautiful in the summer” came over the air, and Peugeot loaned him the 50,000 francs.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Sure enough, the message, “La vallée du Doubs est belle, en été” “The Doubs valley is beautiful in the summer” came over the air, and Peugeot loaned him the 50,000 francs.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Sure enough, the message, “La vallée du Doubs est belle, en été” “The Doubs valley is beautiful in the summer” came over the air, and Peugeot loaned him the 50,000 francs.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Sure enough, the message, “La vallée du Doubs est belle, en été” “The Doubs valley is beautiful in the summer” came over the air, and Peugeot loaned him the 50,000 francs.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Her merchant father, Maximilian Lévy (1872 – 1946), was born in Mulhouse, Germany (Alsace), but in 1882 the family, which included three other children, moved to Montbéliard, a small town in the Doubs region of France, possibly in order that the two sons should not have to serve in the German army.

    Resistance, Jewish Organizations in France: 1940-1944. 2009

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