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Jolliet

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Jol·li·et also Jo·li·et  (jl-t, jl-t, zhô-ly), Louis 1645-1700.
French-Canadian explorer of the upper Mississippi Valley who with Jacques Marquette sighted the Mississippi River on June 17, 1673, and descended it to the mouth of the Arkansas River.
Jolliet (French) [ʒɔljɛ]
n
(Biographies / Jolliet, Louis (1645-1700) M, French-Canadian, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Louis. 1645-1700, French-Canadian explorer, with Jaques Marquette, of the Mississippi river
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Noun1.JollietJolliet - French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
Joliet, Louis Joliet, Louis Jolliet


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