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Louisburg

American  
[loo-is-burg] / ˈlu ɪsˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.


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Not long after, she was competing in Louisburg herself, winning the “Whistler Who Traveled the Greatest Distance” award in 2012.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021

“My view is that the congresswomen who the president referred to are American citizens; they are elected officials,” Moran reportedly told the 50 or so people gathered at Louisburg City Hall.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2019

Creeks and Carolinians besieged St. Augustine in 1704, and a New England expedition in King George’s War took the massive French fortress of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island in northeast Canada.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

U.S. immigration officials swiftly deported him and his older brother, Diego, on Aug. 2, days after Lizandro told them during a routine check-in that he had a scholarship to attend Louisburg College.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2017

Grandsire’s old gun was gone, and so was the powder-horn he had carried to Louisburg back in 1745.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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