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

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

When it opened in the fall of 2014 in a quiet corner of the Bois de Boulogne, the large park on the west side of Paris, it suggested a newly refined, even urbane direction in Gehry’s late work.

From Los Angeles Times

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

"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.

From BBC

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