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cannes

/kænz/

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What does cannes mean?

proper noun

  1. A city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.

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I formerly received from a man, not a naturalist, staying at Cannes a similar account, but doubted about believing it.
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739
They thought it better, however, that their opinion should be conveyed to him by a perfect stranger, so they deputed Dr. Grenfell Baker, a young man who was then staying at Cannes, to perform the painful duty.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
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From the south; from the seashore, perhaps, for he made his entrance into D—— by the same street which, seven months previously, had witnessed the passage of the Emperor Napoleon on his way from Cannes to Paris.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135