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Miquelon

American  
[mik-uh-lon, meekuh-lawn] / ˌmɪk əˈlɒn, mikəˈlɔ̃ /

Miquelon British  
/ miklɔ̃, ˈmiːkəˌlɒn /

noun

  1. a group of islands in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The village of Miquelon has started moving inland to escape the growing threat of sea-level rise, in what is widely regarded as France's first climate-driven community relocation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Miquelon said, however, that inflation is subsiding even as the U.S. potentially heads into “something more typical of a recessionary environment in the short term.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

“We’re not a huge company, but that $100 million increase that they passed onto us is, you know, more than our entire profit,” Jo-Ann Stores CEO Wade Miquelon told the president in the video.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

Local media said about 500 opponents of the passes gathered for a protest in St Pierre and in Miquelon, where Covid infections are rising.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2022

The Bahamas, Belize, and the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon sold them millions of gallons of liquor.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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