Abbeville

[ ab-ee-vil; for 1 also French abuh-veel ]

/ ˈæb iˌvɪl; for 1 also French abəˈvil /

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noun

a town in N France, on the Somme River: site of Paleolithic artifacts.

a city in S Louisiana.

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Words nearby Abbeville

abbé, Abbe condenser, abbed, Abbe number, abbess, Abbeville, Abbevillian, abbey, Abbey Theatre, Abbie, abbot

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How to use Abbeville in a sentence

Members of the Abbeville, S.C., Bixby family killed two police over a land dispute in 2003.
When Sovereign Citizens Snap|Caitlin Dickson|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A single cart, and a waggon, were all the vehicles that I saw between Boulogne and Abbeville.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
Abbeville, like all the other principal towns through which I passed, bore melancholy marks of the Revolution.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
The road was truly excellent, though hilly, and indeed so continued till within a few miles of Abbeville.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

The manufactures are of the same kind as those at Abbeville.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
I had a most unpleasant ride to Abbeville, the heat of the day being extreme, and the road totally without any shelter.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for Abbeville

Abbeville

/ (French abəvil) /

noun

a town in N France: brewing, sugar-refining, and carpet industries. Pop: 24 567 (1999)

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