Aix-les-Bains

[ eks-ley-ban; English eyks-ley-beynz ]

/ ɛks leɪˈbɛ̃; English ˈeɪks leɪˈbeɪnz /

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noun

a town in SE France, N of Chambéry.

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Words nearby Aix-les-Bains

aitchbone, Aitken, Aius Locutius, Aix-en-Provence, Aix-la-Chapelle, Aix-les-Bains, Aíyina, AJA, Ajaccio, Ajanta, ajar

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British Dictionary definitions for Aix-les-Bains

Aix-les-Bains

/ (French ɛkslebɛ̃) /

noun

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

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