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Boulogne

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Bou·logne  (b-ln, -lôny) also Bou·logne-sur-Mer (-sûr-mr)
A city of northern France on the English Channel north-northwest of Amiens. Of Celtic origin, it is the leading fishing port of France. Population: 45,100.
Boulogne [bʊˈlɔɪn (French) bulɔɲ]
n
(Placename) a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop.: 44 244 (1990) Official name Boulogne-sur-Mer (French) [bulɔɲsyrmɛr]
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I fix on Boulogne because I presume that every town in France is indifferent to you; if you prefer another, name it; but you can easily conceive that, surrounded as I am by influences I can only muzzle by discretion, I desire your presence in Paris to be unknown.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
When I questioned him as to how he had employed the time, he told me that he had gone for a stroll in the Bois de Boulogne.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
He often related that on one of his holidays in Boulogne, one of those holidays upon which his wife for economy's sake did not accompany him, when he was sitting in a church, the cure had come up to him and invited him to preach a sermon.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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