Boulogne

[boo-lohn, -loin, buh-, boo-lawn-y^uh]

noun

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

Boulogne

/ bʊˈlɔɪn, bulɔɲ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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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A couple and their child suffering from moderate hypothermia were rushed to a hospital in Boulogne, she added.

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I spend a lot of time meeting people waiting for small boats around Calais or Boulogne, asking them which gang they are using, which phone numbers they have.

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We had first begun following him, undercover, as he escorted groups of migrants from Calais to Boulogne train station, ahead of attempts to cross the Channel.

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

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