Céline

American

[sey-leen] / seɪˈlin /

noun

Louis-Ferdinand Louis F. Destouches, 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.

Céline British

/ seɪˈliːn /

noun

Louis-Ferdinand (lwifɛrdinɑ̃), real name Louis-Ferdinand Destouches. 1894–1961, French novelist and physician; became famous with his controversial first novel Journey to the End of the Night (1932)

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Reacting to von der Leyen's announcement, French EU lawmaker Celine Imart accused the commission of "showing contempt" for farmers.

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Celine Cremer, 31, was reported missing days after she went for a hike near Philosopher's Falls in Waratah, in Tasmania's northwest.

From BBC

They are listening to Jeff Buckley, watching Celine Song films, making memes about needing more hours in the day to yearn.

From Salon

Steinberg won a Grammy Award in 1997 for his work on Celine Dion's "Falling Into You."

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Steinberg wrote some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s and 1990s and was behind songs performed by singers from Whitney Houston and Celine Dion to Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.

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