Saint-Étienne

British

/ sɛ̃tetjɛn /

noun

a town in E central France: a major producer of textiles and armaments. Pop: 180 210 (1999)

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"Understanding how and why biphonation has evolved is an important step towards elucidating the origins of the amazing vocal diversity of mammalian vocal behavior," says author David Reby of the University of Lyon/Saint-Etienne.

From Science Daily

Puel has taken over an outfit with issues on and off the field, with their only win since late October coming in December in a French Cup victory over second-tier Saint-Etienne.

From Barron's

But in the final group game in Saint-Étienne Scotland went down 3-0 to Morocco to once again miss out on the knock-out stages.

From BBC

It took just over 25 minutes before Scotland knew their fate, not just that they would be playing Brazil in the opening game in Paris on 10 June, but that they would be playing Norway in Bordeaux in their second game six days later and Morocco in Saint-Etienne in their third seven days after that.

From BBC

A blanket ban on supporters will apply to Nice's French Cup tie against Saint-Etienne in the round of 64 on December 21.

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