Aix-les-Bains

American

[eks-ley-ban, eyks-ley-beynz] / ɛks leɪˈbɛ̃, ˈeɪks leɪˈbeɪnz /

noun

a town in SE France, N of Chambéry.

Aix-les-Bains British

/ ɛkslebɛ̃ /

noun

a town in E France: a resort with sulphurous springs. Pop: 25 732 (1999)

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The bite on his chest at their Aix-les-Bains hotel became infected.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

One of Asquith’s successors, Stanley Baldwin, regularly spent his summers at the Grand Hotel d’Albion in the French mountain spa town of Aix-les-Bains.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2019

Soong by plane from France, where he had been taking a rest cure at Aix-les-Bains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Dictator Mussolini's Chief Delegate to the League, also arrived at Aix-les-Bains and went to bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The season was hardly open in Aix-les-Bains; and the pretty town looked a little triste, with many shops still shut up.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

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