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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern France near the Mediterranean coast southwest of Montpellier. Thought to have been the first Roman colony established in Transalpine Gaul (118 BC), it was an important seaport until its harbor silted up in the 1300s. It is now the commercial center of a wine-growing region.
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Narbonne is 17-2, with three starters returning from last year's USA TODAY national champion.
USATODAY.com - Top QB says he'll sign with Florida State 2001
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I shall be brief in what I have to propose; sincerity need not be loquacious, and M. de Narbonne is too kind to demand phrases for ceremony.
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A three days'journey takes one to Narbonne, which is a city pre-eminent for learning; thence the Torah (Law) goes forth to all countries.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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For instance, soon after the council, the church of Narbonne ruled, “That Jews may be distinguished from others, we decree and emphatically command that in the center of the breast of their garments they shall wear an oval badge, the measure of one finger in width and one half a palm in height.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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He was the third son of a noble family from the Narbonne area in France.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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He not only never went to college, but he quit going to Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California in his freshman year.
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An example of how complicated manuscripts could be, the "Trés Belles Heures" was begun circa 1380 by the Master of the Parement of Narbonne now identified as Jean d'Orléans, succeeded by the Master of Saint John and the "Eyckian," into the 1420s.
Past the Crowds, the Louvre's Little Gem of a Show Judy Fayard 2011
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He was the third son of a noble family from the Narbonne area in France.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Next stop is the Etang de Bages, just outside Narbonne.
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A few years later, I took a 5-week tour of France, alone, by train, from one end (Bretagne, Normandy) to the other (St Jean-de-Luz, Lourdes, Narbonne, Nice).
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