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Boulogne

[ boo-lohn, -loin, buh-; French boo-lawn-yuh ]

noun

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


Boulogne

/ bʊˈlɔɪn; bulɔɲ /

noun

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


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A passerby found her body last week, half hidden, half burned, in the Bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris.

Much of the communities swallowed by the expansion of the city and the construction of the Bois de Boulogne are squalid.

She has just ridden in from the Bois de Boulogne, and has scorched half the way back to meet her “officier” in pale blue.

Her brother William, Count of Boulogne, died about 1159, and his estates passed to his sister.

Those who have received the benediction are instantly away to the Opera House or the wood of Boulogne.

The Boulogne boat had suddenly gone dark, and she heard the churning of the screw.

He went aboard the Boulogne steamer, and without a backward glance disappeared.

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