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Mirabeau

American  
[mir-uh-boh, mee-ra-boh] / ˈmɪr əˌboʊ, mi raˈboʊ /

noun

  1. Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.


Mirabeau British  
/ mirabo /

noun

  1. Comte de, title of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti. 1749–91, French Revolutionary politician

"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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Verstappen and the Ferrari drivers stayed out, but the intensifying rain led to the Dutchman hitting the wall at Portier and Sainz spinning at Mirabeau.

From BBC May 28, 2023

Moments later, with tires cooler, Hamilton locked up as he snaked past Fairmont Hotel and wedged into the barriers at Mirabeau.

From Washington Times May 27, 2023

After Texas seceded from Mexico in 1836, Mirabeau Lamar, who presided over the independent republic in 1838, reversed an appeasement policy toward Native Americans enacted by his predecessor, Sam Houston.

From Seattle Times Nov. 25, 2021

The site, which will become the Mirabeau Water Garden, will collect 10 million gallons of storm water into a slow-draining lake, in the Dutch style, rather than shunting it immediately into the gulf.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2020

He had seen life at close quarters, with what Mirabeau called "terrible intimacy."

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

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