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Terrebonne

American  
[ter-bawn] / tɛrˈbɔn /

noun

  1. a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.


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The third constituency — a suburb of Montreal called Terrebonne — had been held by the separatist Bloc Québécois since 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

It isn’t that he and his husband, Danny Terrebonne, don’t appreciate a fine Bordeaux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The Terrebonne Basin, a low-lying delta on Louisiana’s coast, is one of the fastest eroding areas in the U.S.

From National Geographic • Oct. 20, 2023

The Terrebonne Parish School Board convened the next month to take a final vote on the closure.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

Zoséphine had received it with troubled assent, and mentioned the small sugar-farm and orangery of the kinsman Robichaux, down on Bayou Terrebonne.

From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington