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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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

When Lewis took an interest in whistling as a teenager, her parents showed her the 2005 documentary “Pucker Up,” which goes behind the scenes at the now-defunct International Whistlers Convention, in Louisburg, N.C., and has a Christopher Guest-like quality to it.

From New York Times

Education Committee Chair Molly Baumgardner, a Louisburg Republican, wasn’t sure after the hearing when the bill would come to a vote, saying she has higher priorities.

From Washington Times

The set will no doubt lead to questions like: How did Uncle Bunt Stephens get a sound as sorrowful and joyful out of his fiddle on “Louisburg Blues”? How could Smith have not selected Henry Thomas’s “Bull-Doze Blues,” one of the most ecstatic songs of the idiom?

From Washington Post

Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner of Louisburg, who is vice chairwoman of the oversight committee, also supports the proposal.

From Washington Times