La Pérouse

[la pey-rooz]

noun

1. Jean François de Galaup 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.

Example Sentences

They will be handed over at a ceremony at Trinity College, Cambridge, to representatives from the La Perouse and Gweagal Aboriginal communities.

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The University of Cambridge college decided to repatriate them after discussions between the museum and the La Perouse Aboriginal Community, representatives of the Gweagal people, the broader Dharawal Nation, and leading community organisations.

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Bezos and Sanchez, who own an estate on Maui’s La Perouse Bay, aren’t the only rich residents who’ve promised to chip in.

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Bezos, who has a net worth of $163 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, owns an estate on La Perouse Bay at the southern tip of the island.

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In a provocative move, all five ships conducted a passage through La Perouse Strait, a waterway that separates the northern Japanese island from Russia’s Sakhalin Island.

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