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Grenoble

American  
[gruh-noh-buhl, gruh-naw-bluh] / grəˈnoʊ bəl, grəˈnɔ blə /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Isère, in SE France.


Grenoble British  
/ ɡrəˈnəʊbəl, ɡrənɔblə /

noun

  1. a city in SE France, on the Isère River: university (1339). Pop: 153 317 (1999)

"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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Schuss was created on an overnight deadline for the 1968 winter games in Grenoble, France.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

She has now switched into the midfield role she fills for Grenoble and will be running hard and straight at Rowland.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat repeated by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

The Grenoble group analyzed strontium isotopes and trace elements in melt inclusions trapped inside 3.3-billion-year-old olivine crystals, providing rare geochemical snapshots of early Earth.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2025

He had come straight to London from Grenoble, on business connected with an assistant ministry he expected to get in November, and then went to Holland.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

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