Lorient

American  

[law-ryahn] / lɔˈryɑ̃ /

noun

1. a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.

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Lorient British  

/ lɔrjɑ̃ /

noun

1. a port in W France, on the Bay of Biscay. Pop: 59 189 (1999)

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Example Sentences

Teenage striker Junior Eli Kroupi, who has scored seven goals in eight starts since arriving from FC Lorient in the summer in a deal worth about £12m, is the latest to be catching attention.

From BBC

In November, players, staff, and management had a run-in with 200 fans gathered in front of the training centre to express their anger at the Nice squad as they returned from a 3-1 defeat at Lorient.

From Barron's

Arsene Kouassi, of French Ligue 1 side Lorient, sealed Burkina Faso's win late on.

From Barron's

Elsewhere, Lille needed an 80th-minute goal from Marius Broholm to get past fourth-division Creteil 1-0, while Lorient saw off AS Le Gosier of Guadeloupe 7-0 in a game played in a Paris suburb.

From Barron's

But in July 2021, a month before he joined Brentford from Lorient, it very nearly turned into a living nightmare.

From BBC