Lewes

American  

[loo-is] / ˈlu ɪs /

noun

1. George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.

2. a city in East Sussex, in SE England: battle 1264.

3. a river flowing N and NW from Tagish Lake to join the Pelly River, in S Yukon Territory, Canada, forming the Yukon River: called the Upper Yukon River since 1945. About 338 miles (544 km) long.

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Lewes British  

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. a market town in S England, administrative centre of East Sussex, on the River Ouse: site of a battle (1264) in which Henry III was defeated by Simon de Montfort. Pop: 15 988 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The party also highlighted how Green-led councils in Lewes and Mid Suffolk have built hundreds of new council homes in recent years.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Schmidt, who lives with her husband of 65 years in Lewes, Del., filled prescriptions for more than a dozen different drugs in the past year, according to pharmacy and medical records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The Lewes FC campaign is not only about equality between the women's and men's competitions, it also asks for a more equitable split within the men's competition.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

In 2017 Lewes Football Club, where I am a director, became the first - and still the only - professional or semi-professional club in the country to resource its women's and men's teams equally.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Lewes later wrote that he and Mary Ann Evans left, too, in disgust, when the medium demanded that the room be totally dark.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman