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

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

Ellie Huang, newly widowed, flees to the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, with her best friend Mabel Chou after Ellie discovers her late husband had long been cheating on her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

The workers went on strike more than a week ago in cities across the country, including Le Havre, Nantes, Antibes and Rennes.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

This Emperor on landing summoned the fortress of Antibes: the officer commanding the garrison for the time, in the absence of his superior, returned an answer that he had received no orders.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby