Trois-Rivières

American  

[trwah-ree-vyer] / trwɑ riˈvjɛr /

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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Trois-Rivières

Fréchette conceded her own re-election race in Trois-Rivières shortly before 22:00 local time.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

A pair of islands in the intersecting St.-Maurice River creates three channels where they meet the larger waterway, giving Trois-Rivières or Three Rivers, the second oldest Francophone city in North America, its name.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2020

CTM Deher offers multiple daily departures on high-speed boats to Terre-au-Haut, Les Saintes from Trois-Rivières.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017

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

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

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