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Joinvile

American  
[zhoin-vee-li] / ʒɔ̃ɪ̃ˈvi lɪ /

noun

  1. a seaport in S Brazil.

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The Princess de Joinvile passes the whole day kissing her and saying: "How pretty she is!" with that sweet southern accent which the raillery of her brothers-in-law has not yet caused her to lose.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor

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