Bourges

[ boorzh ]

/ burʒ /

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noun

a city in and the capital of Cher, in central France: known for its cathedral.

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Words nearby Bourges

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How to use Bourges in a sentence

Maurice Bourges, who a week later reports on the concert, states more particularly what Chopin played.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
He held his little court at Bourges, where he lived as gaily as he could, sometimes in want of the necessaries of life.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
From Sancerre to Bourges a poem was praised which, at any other time, would certainly have been hooted.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac
So likewise, it has robbed the church at Bourges of the grand sminaire, an immense building, and turned it into barracks.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847|T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

Those old jokes about the poverty of the King of Bourges still held good.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for Bourges

Bourges

/ (French burʒ) /

noun

a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)

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