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villeneuve
/ˈvɪlɪnuv/
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What does villeneuve mean?
proper noun
- A surname from French, equivalent to English Newton.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
- A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland, by Lake Geneva.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪlɪnuv/
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On leaving the convent she wrote another novel for Rene' de Villeneuve, and this shared the same fate.
The machine fell to the earth, breaking one of its wings, and it does not appear that de Villeneuve troubled to reconstruct it.
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Yet Villeneuve had made his own dispositions with the utmost skill and the fleets under his command waited for the attack with perfect coolness.
To Bedor, a marine surgeon, we owe the first scientific exposition of this subject, and a little later Villeneuve published his article in the French dictionary.
“Oh dear, what am I thinking about? I’ve mixed everything up. One has so many relatives in Moscow! So you are Borís? Of course. Well, now we know where we are. And what do you think of the Boulogne expedition? The English will come off badly, you know, if Napoleon gets across the Channel. I think the expedition is quite feasible. If only Villeneuve doesn’t make a mess of things!”