Abbeville
Americannoun
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a town in N France, on the Somme River: site of Paleolithic artifacts.
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a city in S Louisiana.
noun
Example Sentences
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When he met Arlene, she was very busy with the event, but he did not give up, he said, and several years later they married in Abbeville on Omelet Day.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023
Craig Scott, a pastor from Abbeville, spoke in favor of greater restrictions.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022
My grandparents, Pop and Grammy, lived their entire lives in Abbeville, Miss., on Woodson Ridge, in the northern part of the state just outside of Oxford, where Ole Miss University is located.
From Salon • May 21, 2022
"We’re selling everything you might expect: sleds, but also salt, shovels and firewood," Wagler said from Abbeville Hardware.
From Fox News • Jan. 15, 2022
It was just a great big roofed room and it belonged to a worried gentleman named Horace Abbeville.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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