Grand Pré

[ gran prey; French grahn prey ]

noun

1. a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.

Grand Pré

/ ɡrɑ̃ pre; ɡrɒn preɪ /

noun

1. a village in SE Canada, in W Nova Scotia: setting of Longfellow's Evangeline

Example Sentences

She has been here for five days, and if only you knew, grand-pre, what a little wretch she is!

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Do you know, gentlemen, what this grand-pre's little game was?

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The grand pre-eminence of Pindar as an artist was due in a great measure to his personality.

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But our regret was at once extinguished by the announcement that the next station was Grand Pre!

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The trees partly conceal the street of Grand Pre, which is only a road bordered by common houses.

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