Boulogne

American  

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

noun

1. a seaport in N France, on the English Channel.

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Boulogne British  

/ bʊˈlɔɪn, bulɔɲ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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.

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"Odd as it may seem, if they don't request assistance, you cannot force them to accept it," says Gérard Barron, the head of Boulogne's sea-rescue volunteers.

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That is clearly what we witnessed on Ecault beach near Boulogne in early July.

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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.

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In October 1914, Khan, a machine gunner, arrived in France and was among 20,000 Indian troops sent to the front line to help the British Expeditionary Force stop the Germans from capturing the strategic ports of Boulogne in France and Nieuwpoort in Belgium.

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