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Bayonne

American  
[bay-yohn, ba-yawn] / beɪˈjoʊn, baˈjɔn /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE New Jersey.

  2. a seaport in SW France, near the Bay of Biscay.


Bayonne British  
/ bajɔn /

noun

  1. a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 40 078 (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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This has now been confirmed in a landmark court ruling in the southwestern town of Bayonne, which said that cosmic radiation was one of three carcinogenic hazards arising from her profession.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, he says, the crowds begin to gather around the jewelry case at his local Costco in Bayonne, waiting for a delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Later, league leaders Toulouse, without 12 players including Antoine Dupont due to their Six Nations commitments, host Bayonne and on Sunday second-placed Pau welcome Toulon.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

In-form English fly-half Billy Searle scored 25 points as Leicester Tigers hammered a second-string Bayonne 57-14 to keep their hopes of last 16 spot alive.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

The driver stayed for lunch, too, and afterward we paid him and he started back to Bayonne.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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