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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of central Vietnam near the South China Sea northwest of Da Nang. An ancient Annamese city probably dating from the third century AD, it was nearly destroyed during heavy fighting in the Vietnam War but has since been rebuilt.

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  • proper noun A notable port city in central Vietnam
  • proper noun A Vietnamese province named after its above capital

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Examples

  • There's a new coordinator in Hue Jackson, who had enormous success on his last stop in helping to develop Joe Flacco as the Baltimore Ravens quarterback.

    The Bell Tolls: Lots of blame in Raiders' JaMarcus Russell flop 2010

  • Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage and Romany Malco round out a promising cast in Hue Rhodes directorial debut.

    Flixnjoystix.com! » This Week@The Movies: ROME, DARKNESS & More! McJeffrey Looks At This Weekend’s Cinematic Offerings! 2010

  • Stated he "invented MACVSOG", worked in Hue and An Khe, and his job was listening posts for Phoenix (ALL disputed by REAL SF).

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • One of my students was a beautiful girl whose parents had been killed in Hue during the Tet Offensive of 1968.

    Bush Rules 2007

  • It was while covering the Fifth Marine Regiment in Hue that his story about the Marines†™ use of beehive rounds, a type of artillery filled with hundreds of tiny, steel darts, drew the ire of a colonel at the Marine combat information bureau.

    Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies 2005

  • Also in Hue, during the Tet offensive in '68, I observed American fighters and bombers (Phantoms) dropping bombs and napalm into very crowded streets full of civilians.

    08/28/2004 2004

  • His aircraft was shot down on June 11, 1972, in Hue Province, and a second helicopter piloted by 1st Lt. James McQuade, sent in to look for survivors, was shot down a short distance away.

    Holm, Arnold E. Jr. 2003

  • Sub-Captain Hue, killed in a B-52 strike in 1970 enroute transferring the camp from Tay Ninh to Kratie in Cambodia.

    I80002.OH 07/14/96 1996

  • Solomon Godwin, from Hot Springs, Arkansas, also captured in Hue, died while undergoing a lengthy period of interrogation by the Public Security Police.

    POWs and Politics - Part 1 1996

  • Even American female volunteer workers, like the school teachers and medical specialists captured in Hue during the 1968 "Tet" offensive, were suspected of being "spies."

    POWs and Politics - Part 1 1996

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