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Menton

[men-tohn; French mahn-tawn]
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noun
  1. a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
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Italian Men·to·ne [men-taw-ne] /mɛnˈtɔ nɛ/.
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  • I simply mention these drives; for you do not ride at Menton any more than you walk.

    Riviera Towns

    Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • Menton and St. Raphal, the ends of the Riviera, had been visited.

    Riviera Towns

    Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • From Cannes to Menton it is the human side of the Riviera that gets you.

    Riviera Towns

    Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • From Cannes to Menton the Riviera is cursed with electric tram lines.

    Riviera Towns

    Herbert Adams Gibbons

  • Menton is not wholly an idling community like Monte Carlo and Monaco.

    Rambles on the Riviera

    Francis Miltoun

British Dictionary definitions for menton

Menton

noun
  1. a town and resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: belonged to Monaco from the 14th century until 1848, then an independent republic until purchased by France in 1860. Pop: 28 812 (1999)
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