Grand Pré

[ gran prey; French grahn prey ]

noun

1. a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.

Grand Pré

/ ɡrɒn preɪ; ɡrɑ̃ pre /

noun

1. a village in SE Canada, in W Nova Scotia: setting of Longfellow's Evangeline

Example Sentences

Kim Cyr, the sommelier, explains and pairs the wine for diners with a refreshing lack of pretension — from a premeal sparkling Benjamin Bridge brut to a postprandial ice-wine by Domaine de Grand Pré.

From New York Times

Initially, Perrin said, the idea was to link Acadiana to the World Heritage Site in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, from where the Acadians were driven by the British in the Great Upheaval or Grand Dérangement of 1755.

From Washington Times

Lawrence Grand Pre, one of the protesters who left after 3 a.m., says about 10 mostly student activists still remained inside and 30 to 40 police officers were in a hallway near the remaining demonstrators.

From US News

Robert Otis Wilson III, 23, of the 14000 block of Grand Pre Avenue in Silver Spring, was ordered held on $25,000 bond.

From Washington Post

Noble at the affair at Minas and Grand Pre in 1747, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner by the French under DeCorne.

From Project Gutenberg