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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

Angoulême, in the southwest of France with a population of about 42,000, is no stranger to invasions; during the Hundred Years’ War, it was the site of battles between the French and English.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

This Italian comic, translated into English for the first time, was an Angoulême winner in 2011.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2016

Have you in six slight months forgotten that at Angoulême we were given the very finest dinner that ever we ate?

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

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