Boulogne

American

[boo-lohn, -loin, buh-, boo-lawn-y^uh] / bʊˈloʊn, -ˈlɔɪn, bə-, buˈlɔn yə /

noun

a seaport in N France, on the English Channel.

Boulogne British

/ bʊˈlɔɪn, bulɔɲ /

noun

Official name: Boulogne-sur-Mer. a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 44 859 (1999)

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More recently, the remarkable Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne has drawn great admiration and praise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

In the run-up to July's summit between Sir Keir and President Macron, the BBC witnessed French police wading into the sea south of Boulogne to slash the sides of a boat.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

But days before the summit, we witnessed French police wading into the sea, south of Boulogne, to slash the sides of a taxi-boat as it got caught in the waves and drifted close to shore.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

"We are waiting for you near the main station in Boulogne," Abdullah said in one of several brief voice messages.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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