Comines

Or Com·mines

[kaw-meen]

noun

1. Philippe de 1445?–1511?, French historian and diplomat.

Comines

/ kɔmin /

noun

1. Philippe de (filip də). ?1447–?1511, French diplomat and historian, noted for his Mémoires (1489–98)

Example Sentences

Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.

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One place where residents have no choice but to put those differences to one side is Comines, a town that sits right on the Franco-Belgian border, split by the river Lys.

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Reached by phone, a bar owner in French Comines said the atmosphere in the town was convivial ahead of the game.

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At another cafe in Comines, La Bascule, barman Bertrand Obert is happy to back both horses: "What's good about this is that one team or the other will get into the final."

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Take the two sister towns of Comines, split in two by accident of history and by a river.

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