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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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This growing trend will be on show at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, one of the world’s leading comic book gatherings, which starts Thursday in southwestern France and runs through Jan. 28.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

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

Married, in 1189, to Hadwisa, of Gloucester, whom he divorced; married, in 1200, to Isabella of Angoulême.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton