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Angoulême

American  
[ahn-goo-lem] / ˌɑ̃ guˈlɛm /

noun

  1. a city in W France, NNE of Bordeaux on the Charente River.


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The mayor of Angoulême in south-west France said his decision was as much financial as to do with human rights in Qatar.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2022

The movie, adapted by Diwan and Marcia Romano from Annie Ernaux’s sharply observed 2000 memoir, unfolds in the southwestern town of Angoulême, where Anne is a top university student.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

The next Wes Anderson movie is now shooting in Angoulême, France, and details about the cast and story have begun to leak out.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2018

As events in Angoulême show, there is still much more work to be done to change attitudes.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

Tours and Blois, Chenonceaux and Amboise; Angoulême and Poitiers and La Rochelle; and of their return, and the lovely flat, where the friends would be made so welcome.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir