Vincennes
Americannoun
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a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
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a city in N France, near Paris.
noun
Example Sentences
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Vincennes, and his father died of a stroke.
From New York Times
It helps that, after more rehearsals this fall, Nelson had 14 weeks with the actors, and spent that time living in the company’s home, La Cartoucherie, in the bucolic Bois de Vincennes on the outskirts of Paris, seeing them behave as a true company.
From New York Times
The city’s first Metro service, Line 1 from Porte Maillot in the west to Porte de Vincennes in the east, was opened during the 1900 Paris Olympics as part of the World Exhibition that the French capital hosted that year.
From Seattle Times
Her first attempt to ride a bike was in the Bois de Vincennes, the big park on the capital’s eastern edge, with the help of her 15-year-old daughter, who had learned to ride a bike in school.
From Slate
There is a bike-riding plumber and a cargo bike dog-walking service that hauls a basket full of canines to the Bois de Vincennes.
From Slate
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