Joinville

Join·vi·le

also Join·vil·le  (zhoiN-vē′lē)

A city of southern Brazil north-northeast of Pôrto Alegre. Founded c. 1850 by German immigrants, it is an important industrial center.

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 (zhwăN-vēl′), Jean de 1224?-1317.

French chronicler who wrote Histoire de Saint Louis (1309), the principal source on the life of Louis IX.

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Joinville

(French ʒwɛ̃vil)

n

(Biography) Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). ?1224–1317, French chronicler, noted for his Histoire de Saint Louis (1309)

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Join•ville

(ʒwɛ̃ˈvil for 1; ʒɔ̃ɪ̃ˈvi li for 2 )

n.

1. Jean de (zhä n), 1224?–1317, French chronicler.

2. Joinvile.

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