Roubaix

[ roo-be ]

noun

1. a city in N France, NE of Lille.

Roubaix

/ rubɛ /

noun

1. a city in N France near the Belgian border: forms, with Tourcoing, a large industrial conurbation. Pop: 96 984 (1999)

Example Sentences

These astute measures must inevitably result im her capture—for was it not at Roubaix that he had bidden her await him?

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I heard of other establishments of the same kind at and near Roubaix on a still larger scale.

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In Holland and Belgium and at Roubaix the average wage is about one franc less for both sexes.

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The looms and machinery are being taken away from the textile mills in Roubaix and Tourcoing and sent to Germany.

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About Roubaix not a single head of cattle was to be seen; in Belgium every farm had its cows.

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