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Aubervilliers

American  
[oh-ber-vee-lyay] / oʊ bɛr viˈljeɪ /

noun

  1. a town in N France, a suburb of Paris.


Aubervilliers British  
/ obɛrvilje /

noun

  1. Former name: Notre-Dame-des-Vertus. an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The second suspect is a 39-year-old unlicensed taxi driver from the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Beccuau said the Algerian suspect had been living in France since 2010, residing in Aubervilliers, a suburb north of Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Similar graffiti was also found in Parisian suburbs including Vanves, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Aubervilliers and Saint-Ouen.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023

Free classes are being offered in a small space with big ideas in Aubervilliers, outside Paris.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023

On arriving at the Aubervilliers station we were on duty all the afternoon, and as no trains happened to arrive this meant standing in the rain and doing nothing at all.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood

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