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Trois-Rivières

American  
[trwah-ree-vyer] / trwɑ riˈvjɛr /

noun

  1. French name of Three Rivers.


Trois-Rivières British  
/ trwɑ rivjɛr /

noun

  1. English name: Three Rivers.  a port in E Canada, in Quebec on the St Lawrence River: one of the world's largest centres of newsprint production. Pop: 46 264 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The general manager of the ECHL’s Trois-Rivières Lions publicly mused recently that he was interested in signing Poulin to play.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2022

On their eight-hour drive back to Campbellton, he stopped at a medical clinic in Trois-Rivières for a job interview with two doctors.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2020

Even a “Foret Perdue” on the way back through Trois-Rivières where you can skate over Zambonied ice paths through miles of frosted forest.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2018

You live in Quebec City and commute to games in Rivière-du-Loup and elsewhere in the province, like here in Trois-Rivières.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2011

An' fine cigar cos' five cent each, an' mak' on Trois-Rivières!

From Humour of the North by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)

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