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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His bait shop outside Abbeville, called Perry Outfitters, sports a big “Welcome Space X” sign out front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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 on Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
And although it has nothing to do with this story, no Abbeville child, no matter who its mother was, knew the lack of a stick of spearmint ever afterward.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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