Aix-en-Provence

American  

[ek-sahn-praw-vahns, eyks-ahn-pruh-vahns] / ɛk sɑ̃ prɔˈvɑ̃s, ˈeɪks ɑn prəˈvɑns /

noun

1. a city in SE France, N of Marseilles.

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Aix-en-Provence British  

/ ɛksɑ̃prɔvɑ̃s /

noun

1. Also called: Aix.  a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 134 222 (1999)

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Example Sentences

But for smaller companies like Gojob, a temporary recruitment specialist using AI solutions with a research laboratory in Aix-en-Provence, finding top-notch engineers can still prove difficult.

From Barron's

Prisons in Toulon, Aix-En-Provence, Marseille, Valence and Nîmes in southern France, and in Villepinte and Nanterre, near Paris were among those targeted.

From BBC

The newspaper lists six establishments as being targeted: in Toulon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, Valence and Nîmes, Luynes, Villepinte, and Nanterre.

From BBC

Nine years ago, Haïm was the conductor in a highly provocative staging of “Il Trionfo” at the summer Aix-en-Provence festival that included a filmed clip of the French theorist Jacques Derrida, who was sometimes accused of doing to literary studies what Boulez had done to music, and vice versa.

From Los Angeles Times

In a statement, Aix-en-Provence chief prosecutor Jean-Luc Blachon said that Tuesday's arrests were the result of investigations carried out over recent months, and that police were examining "several spots in the area".

From BBC