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Bayonne

American  
[bey-yohn, ba-yawn] / beɪˈyoʊn, baˈyɔn /

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)

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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

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

Parling's side, like Bayonne, lost their opening two games in Europe but had tricky games in La Rochelle and Leinster.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

We begin our own journey in Bayonne, not Paris.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

It got dark and we could feel the country hot and sandy and dark outside of the window, and about nine o'clock we got into Bayonne.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway