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Boulogne

American  
[boo-lohn, -loin, buh-, boo-lawn-yuh] / bʊˈloʊn, -ˈlɔɪn, bə-, buˈlɔn jə /

noun

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


Boulogne British  
/ bʊˈlɔɪn, bulɔɲ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

He anticipated that it would arrive here around noon and start trying to pick up passengers near Boulogne.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

It was seized in the English Channel and is being held at the port of Boulogne, unable to leave while the French authorities consider bringing a prosecution.

From BBC May 24, 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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