St. Pierre
[ seynt -pyair; French san -pyer ]
/ ˌseɪnt ˈpyɛər; French sɛ̃ ˈpyɛr /
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noun
a city on Réunion Island, in the Indian Ocean.
a former city on Martinique, in the French West Indies: destroyed 1902, with the entire population of 26,000, by an eruption of the volcano Mt. Pelée.
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