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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Arlene Collée, the third grandmaster of the Abbeville brotherhood, met her husband, Luc Collée, when he came to visit Abbeville from Belgium.
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
The dogs were seized by Abbeville County Animal Control in the wake of the attack, and the police investigation is ongoing.
From Fox News • Mar. 26, 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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