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Eure

American  
[œr] / œr /

noun

  1. a department in NW France. 2,331 sq. mi. (6,035 sq. km). Evreux.


Eure British  
/ œr /

noun

  1. a department of N France, in Haute-Normandie region. Capital: Évreux. Pop: 550 056 (2003 est). Area: 6037 sq km (2354 sq miles)

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But after holing up Sunday in his apartment 90 steps from the beach in the historic Zona Romantica, Eure was ready to venture outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Authorities in the Eure region said in a statement Friday night that the beluga has a “fleeing behavior vis-a-vis the boats” and hasn’t responded to attempts to guide it to safer waters.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

So far rescuers have offered up frozen herring and live trout for the four-metre whale to eat, but a local official in Eure, Isabelle Dorliat-Pouzet, said the animal did not appear to have accepted either.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2022

"It didn't seem very interested," Eure department official Isabelle Dorliat-Pouzet told reporters.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2022

The Eure, from which the department takes its name, rises in Orne, and flowing through Eure-et-Loir, falls into the Seine above Pont de l’Arche, after a course of 44 m. in the department.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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