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St. Nazaire

American  
[san na-zar] / sɛ̃ naˈzar /

noun

  1. a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.


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Renewable Energy is spending about $400 million on design, hiring engineers and retooling factories at St. Nazaire and Cherbourg in France.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2021

In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I landed in St. Nazaire.

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2020

There, from Cherbourg, Brest and St. Nazaire, fresh units of a new British Expeditionary Force, a "broomstick Army," began pouring in, true to British promise.

From Time Magazine Archive

At St. Nazaire, union workers and longshoremen refused to touch the ship; it was repaired and loaded by French troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German prison camps at St. Nazaire were inspected by General Pershing on the third day of the American landing when he, with his staff, arrived from Paris.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd