Sambre

American  

[sahn-br^uh] / ˈsɑ̃ brə /

noun

1. a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.

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Sambre British  

/ sɑ̃brə /

noun

1. a river in W Europe, rising in N France and flowing east into Belgium to join the Meuse at Namur. Length: 190 km (118 miles)

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Example Sentences

The car was traced three weeks later to the suspect's home in Pont-sur Sambre.

From BBC

It is thought that people in the area were fond of frying small fish from the River Sambre et Meuse and when the river froze over one year they began frying strips of potato instead.

From BBC

Above is a living room decorated by French street artist Sambre.

From BBC

This division may, therefore, for the moment, be put aside as a negligible quantity in the very critical situation which was developing west of the Sambre.

From Project Gutenberg

He had noticed on the stream a water-mill, between which and a larger river, apparently the Sambre, the railway crossed the stream on a brick bridge of four arches.

From Project Gutenberg