Nouméa

[ noo-mey-uh ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.

Nouméa

/ ˌnuːˈmeɪə; numea /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The others, who possessed nothing, applied to private industry, offering their services to the tradespeople of Noumea.

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Some merchants of Noumea, accused of having facilitated the escape of Rochefort and his friends, were expelled from the isle.

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The next morning while her father was gone to consult the chief army-surgeon at Noumea, Marie strolled with Angers in the grounds.

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He felt his helplessness in the matter, but determined to try to be back in Noumea on that date.

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The governor would return, the law would take its course, and they would go to Noumea to work out their lives for crime.

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