Vincennes
[vin-senz; for 2 also French van-sen]
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noun
a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
a city in N France, near Paris.
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Cahokia and Vincennes soon quietly succumbed to his influence.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
The distance to Vincennes by land, was a hundred and fifty miles.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
The Bastille and Vincennes both seemed to me too near to Paris.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon
He would generally conduct her to Vincennes; at other times they would go to the theatre.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
In short, it made them think of the Bois de Vincennes when they went there for a picnic.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
Vincennes
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