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Deauville

American  
[doh-vil, doh-veel] / ˈdoʊ vɪl, doʊˈvil /

noun

  1. a coastal resort in NW France, S of Le Havre.


Deauville British  
/ ˈdəʊviːl, dovil /

noun

  1. a town and resort in NW France: casino Pop: 4364 (1999)

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The house belongs to a man who hasn’t lived there for many years: the august filmmaker Gustav Borg, who is so revered that he is the subject of a tribute at the Deauville Film Festival yet not successful enough to find a financial backer for his next effort, which he hopes will restore him to cinematic glory.

From The Wall Street Journal

Air traffic control systems handling the flight were confused by a duplicate code - DVL - representing both Deauville in France and Devil's Lake in North Dakota, USA.

From BBC

In front of the general, during a ceremony this week at Deauville on the Normandy coast, were 48 American survivors of that day, the youngest of them 98, most of them 100 years old or more.

From New York Times

As some of the veterans arrived on Monday, descending from a hulking 767 onto the tarmac of the small Deauville airport — sometimes helped by multiple aides — many of those there to greet them grew teary in between their bursts of applause.

From New York Times

“I’m living on borrowed time now,” Bob Gibson, 100, enthusiastically said when arriving at the Deauville airport in Normandy.

From Seattle Times