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Bayonne

American  
[bey-yohn, ba-yawn] / beɪˈyoʊn, baˈyɔn /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE New Jersey.

  2. a seaport in SW France, near the Bay of Biscay.


Bayonne British  
/ bajɔn /

noun

  1. a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 40 078 (1999)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The developers hope to break ground by the end of the year on the 60-acre facility at a former oil terminal in Bayonne.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Fly-half Billy Searle scored a second-half hat-trick as Leicester Tigers kept their knockout hopes alive in the Investec Champions Cup with a dominant win over Bayonne.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Joris Segonds kicked 17 points as Bayonne just held on to beat Lyon 22-20 to keep pace with the leading pack in fifth.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

We begin our own journey in Bayonne, not Paris.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

It got dark and we could feel the country hot and sandy and dark outside of the window, and about nine o'clock we got into Bayonne.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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