Aube

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noun

1. a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
2. a department in NE France. 2,327 sq. mi. (6,025 sq. km). : Troyes.

Aube

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noun

1. a department of N central France, in Champagne-Ardenne region. Capital: Troyes. Pop: 293 925 (2003 est). Area: 6026 sq km (2350 sq miles)
2. a river in N central France, flowing northwest to the Seine. Length: about 225 km (140 miles)

Example Sentences

Becoming imbued also with a high degree of piety, she visited nearly every year a retreat of the Ursulines of Arcis-sur-Aube.

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His lands reached from the department of Seine-et-Marne into that of the Aube.

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Et les plus sombres d'entre nousOnt eu leur aube blouissante.

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M. Aube was extremely angry with his uncle, and shewed him what precautions he ought to have taken to prevent such an accident.

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When Ney and Sebastiani began on the twentieth to push up the south bank of the Aube, they expected no opposition.

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