St. Pierre
Americannoun
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a city on Réunion Island, in the Indian Ocean.
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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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"I will ask the community to be as patient as possible with this process," Lewiston Police Chief David St. Pierre said at a press conference.
From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023
St. Pierre ended a four-year break and beat Michael Bisping in 2017 to win the middleweight championship and Jones sat out three years before he returned in March and won the heavyweight crown.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2023
Amy St. Pierre, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Della has her budding relationship with the screenwriter Anita St. Pierre, for whom she leaves her previous girlfriend; and don’t forget that a mysterious stranger is aware of her clandestine love life.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
St. Pierre is the commercial capital of Martinique, one of the French West Indies, and the largest of the group belonging to that nation.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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