Mandeville

American  

[man-duh-vil] / ˈmæn dəˌvɪl /

noun

1. Bernard de c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.

2. Sir John, died 1372, English compiler of a book of travels.

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Mandeville British  

/ ˈmændəvɪl /

noun

1. Bernard de. ?1670–1733, English author, born in Holland, noted for his satire The Fable of the Bees (1723)

2. Sir John. 14th century, English author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. The book claims to be an account of the author's journeys in the East but is largely a compilation from other works

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Example Sentences

“A focus on vegetation is misguided,” said David Lefkowith, president of the Mandeville Canyon Assn.

From Los Angeles Times

The town of Mandeville has been, for want of a better word, flattened.

From BBC

The city of Mandeville was flattened and the main road through town was littered with debris.

From BBC

A controversy arose when the City Council spent $2.4 million to help buy a 239-acre parcel from Boeckmann in Mandeville Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times

Michaels hiked with Kennedy in Los Angeles’ Mandeville Canyon last year but was too busy talking to him about how to combat the nation’s obesity problem to ask why he was wearing jeans, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal