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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)

"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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“All hell seemed to have broken loose here in Puerto Vallarta,” Eure told The Times on Monday.

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

A ridge of no great height divides the department into a north and a south basin, traversed respectively by the Eure and the Loire.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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