Vincennes
Americannoun
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a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
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a city in N France, near Paris.
noun
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In July 1988, the USS Vincennes mistook an Iran Air commercial plane for a fighter and shot it down soon after takeoff from Dubai, killing 290 civilians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
There is a bike-riding plumber and a cargo bike dog-walking service that hauls a basket full of canines to the Bois de Vincennes.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
“I could hear everything hitting outside. Rain and bark from the trees came in through a bathroom window I had open, spread nearly all across the house. “I just prayed,” she told the Vincennes Sun-Commercial.
From Washington Times ● May 21, 2022
He was the head coach for two seasons at Vincennes, a junior college in southwestern Indiana.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Harrison met with Tecumseh at Vincennes in 1810.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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