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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast France on the Mediterranean Sea east-southeast of Marseille. First mentioned in the third century AD as a Roman naval station, it became part of France in 1481.
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- proper noun A city in
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , and thepréfecture of the département ofVar , inFrance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
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I always enjoy your pictures and your prose as they help to remind me of my days living in Toulon nearly 30 years ago.
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Sicily-Anzio campaign, and in Toulon, France, in August 1944.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In the fall of 1793, he and Barras led the violent repression of the counterrevolutionary movement in Toulon, where he ordered mass executions of suspected insurgents.
Names 2007
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Barbara Barles is a French legal expert based in Toulon, France.
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Barbara Barles is a jurist based in Toulon, France.
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Barbara Barles is a French legal expert based in Toulon, France.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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Barbara Barles is a legal expert based in Toulon, France.
Expressions 2004
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Barbara Barles is a jurist based in Toulon, France.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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Barbara Barles is a French legal expert based in Toulon, France.
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Barbara Barles is a French legal expert based in Toulon, France.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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