Antibes

American  

[ahn-teeb] / ɑ̃ˈtib /

noun

1. a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.

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Antibes British  

/ ɑ̃tib /

noun

1. a port and resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: an important Roman town. Pop: 72 412 (1999)

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Example Sentences

She thinks of her customers as the type who have spent multiple summers at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, where some of her customers were waitlisted this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The phenomenon was observed in Antibes for around thirty minutes.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Marineland Antibes shut in January but managers, the French government and animal rights activists have not agreed on where or how the orcas should be rehomed.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

The Antibes Jazz Festival became big — Charlie Mingus, turning his back on Newport, headlined, and Miles Davis recorded an album at the festival in 1963.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2023

Elsewhere in the round the Mediterranean is presented, as once when we look across the bay in which Cannes is placed to Cap d' Antibes at the opposite corner from La Napoule.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry