Rouyn

[ roo-in; French rwan ]

noun

1. a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.

Example Sentences

“To see Stefan go through it, it brings back memories for me, when I was a boy in Rouyn,” Stephane said, referring to his hometown in northern Quebec.

From New York Times

Shares of the Rouyn Noranda, Quebec-based Richmont were down nearly 3 percent at C$3.96 Wednesday afternoon on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

From Reuters

Shares of the Rouyn Noranda, Quebec-based Richmont were down 2 percent at C$4.01 Wednesday morning on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

From Reuters

To finance himself he sold shares in his Chrysler agency in Rouyn, 320 miles from Montreal.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1939 he dropped in at a Social Credit meeting in Rouyn, listened, and decided that the movement's economic theories made sense.

From Time Magazine Archive