Cherbourg

[shair-boorg, sher-boor]

noun

1. a seaport in NW France.

Cherbourg

/ ʃɛrbur, ˈʃɛəbʊəɡ /

noun

1. a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)

Example Sentences

In “Cherbourg,” Mr. Thomson continued, Legrand “simply opened up a new way for film to go.”

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The French composer and instrumentalist scored hundreds of films—including the bittersweet movie musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.”

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It was in that state that he watched one of his favorite comfort films, the jazzy 1964 French musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” and suddenly, Oppenheimer had his wild eureka moment.

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A plane from Channel Islands Air Search was sent to the scene from Guernsey, along with lifeboat crews from Alderney and France and the French helicopter crew based near Cherbourg.

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France will honor the former soldiers at several ceremonies this year, including a commemoration with President Joe Biden in Cherbourg on June 7.

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