Trois-Rivières

American  

[trwah-ree-vyer] / trwɑ riˈvyɛr /

noun

1. French name of Three Rivers.

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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)

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Example Sentences

Using data from a sample of about 1,500 adults aged 18 to 30, Dominick Gamache, a research psychologist at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, and his colleagues found that for women, the most predictive trait was “Deceitfulness,” in which others are used as a means to an end, similar to the trait of Machiavellianism.

From Scientific American

Canada tied the series — which began Nov. 15 in Kelowna, British Columbia — with a 5-1 victory Monday night in Trois-Rivieres.

From Seattle Times

With several major league scouts and a near sellout crowd of 4,088 at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on hand to get a glimpse of Rocker’s first game since last June 30, the hard-throwing, 6-foot-5, 245-pounder breezed through the first three innings against the Trois-Rivieres Aigles, his fastball topping out at over 98 mph.

From Seattle Times

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

Rebecca St Pierre, a 19-year-old student from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, told the Canadian Press she had won the trip on Instagram.

From BBC