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Antibes

American  
[ahn-teeb] / ɑ̃ˈtib /

noun

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


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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Effects were reported in Nice, Antibes, and Cannes, with disturbances observed in Antibes for about half an hour.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

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

Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo are still being kept at Marineland Antibes, located in southern France, after it closed in January due to a forthcoming law banning the use of orcas in shows.

From BBC Mar. 1, 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

Several of my companions had been seasick with the swell of the Mediterranean, in coming from Antibes, and all were faint with hunger and exhaustion.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis

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