Ancienne-Lorette

[ French ahn-syen-law-ret ]

noun

1. a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.

Example Sentences

Shapovalov’s parents settled in Vaughan, Ontario, after coming from the former Soviet Union via Israel; Félix Auger-Aliassime is the son of a coach who left Togo to settle with relief and optimism in L’Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City.

From The Guardian

He grew up in L’Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City.

From The New Yorker

When their season reached its most critical juncture, when those hockey dreams nurtured on the frozen ponds of Flint, Mich., and Trencin, Czechoslovakia, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, were hanging in the balance, the Boston Bruins flew more than 2,500 miles to an arena jammed with rabid fans hollering for their demise and did what champions do: They delivered.

From New York Times