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Joinvile

American  
[zhoin-vee-li] / ʒɔ̃ɪ̃ˈvi lɪ /

noun

  1. a seaport in S Brazil.


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I bowed to the Queen, who spoke to me at length about the Princess de Joinvile, who was delivered the day before yesterday, and whose baby arrived on the very day the news of the bombardment of Tangier by its father was received.

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The Princess de Joinvile passes the whole day kissing her and saying: "How pretty she is!" with that sweet southern accent which the raillery of her brothers-in-law has not yet caused her to lose.

From Project Gutenberg