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Ramillies

American

[ra-mee-yee] / ra miˈyi /

noun

a village in central Belgium: Marlborough's defeat of the French 1706.

Ramillies British

/ ramiji, ˈræmɪliːz /

noun

a village in central Belgium where the Duke of Marlborough defeated the French in 1706

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The 97-year-old was a Royal Navy able seaman responsible for the ammunition on HMS Ramillies.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

The next year, with Britain at war, the 19-year-old Philip went to sea as a sublieutenant aboard the battleship Ramillies in the Mediterranean fleet.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2021

Nine-month-old Millie Thompson, of Stockport, died after choking on her lunch at Ramillies Hall School and Nursery, Cheadle Hulme in October 2012.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2014

Italy tried to retrieve her shattered face by claiming, belatedly, that during Sir Andrew's sweep of the Mediterranean, an Italian submarine thrice torpedoed one of his battleships of the Ramillies class.

From Time Magazine Archive

He afterwards served under the Duke of Marlborough at Ramillies, fought on the 23rd of May, 1706, where he was wounded by a musket-shot in his thigh.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

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