Lorient

[ law-ryahn ]

noun

1. a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.

Lorient

/ lɔrjɑ̃ /

noun

1. a port in W France, on the Bay of Biscay. Pop: 59 189 (1999)

Example Sentences

Labb assumed the command, and took her back to Lorient on the 23rd of August, 1773.

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Helene seems to have made Lorient too hot for herself, and had to go elsewhere.

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The pilchard fishery is practically at its best directly off the Quiberon peninsula, opposite Lorient and Concarneau.

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Opposite Lorient is Port Louis, founded a century before its bigger sister.

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The roadstead of Lorient is a great deep-water harbour, which can shelter the largest ships afloat.

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