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Montpelier

American  
[mont-peel-yer] / mɒntˈpil jər /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Vermont, in the central part.


Montpelier British  
/ mɒntˈpiːljə /

noun

  1. a city in N central Vermont, on the Winooski River: the state capital. Pop: 7945 (2003 est)

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He campaigned in Vermont twice in 1984, buoyantly declaring in Montpelier, the state capital, “If I win Vermont, the nation will never be the same again.”

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

Dolphin School in Montpelier, which opened in 2012, could close and its students go to nearby Fairlawn Primary which is run by the same academy trust - E-ACT.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2025

The Whitney Laboratory team collaborated with scientists at the Institute of Human Genetics in Montpelier, France, Cornell University and Cardiff University to complete the study.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2024

In March 2022, reading about the auction in the city of Montpelier, the couple discovered that it was a rare 19th-Century "Ngi" mask made by the Fang people of Gabon.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2023

“None of them high and mighty folks in Montpelier offered to pay me a hundred dollars not to report a runaway, now have they?”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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