Lewes

American  

[loo-is] / ˈlu ɪs /

noun

1. George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.

2. a city in East Sussex, in SE England: battle 1264.

3. a river flowing N and NW from Tagish Lake to join the Pelly River, in S Yukon Territory, Canada, forming the Yukon River: called the Upper Yukon River since 1945. About 338 miles (544 km) long.

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Lewes British  

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. a market town in S England, administrative centre of East Sussex, on the River Ouse: site of a battle (1264) in which Henry III was defeated by Simon de Montfort. Pop: 15 988 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The influencer, who lives in Lewes, said symptoms began when she started to have chest pains and vomited.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Schmidt, who lives with her husband of 65 years in Lewes, Del., filled prescriptions for more than a dozen different drugs in the past year, according to pharmacy and medical records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Ben Taylor manages the Iford Estate, farming land near Lewes in Sussex.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

She is the daughter of Tom Hanks and his first wife, Susan Dillingham, who used the stage name Samantha Lewes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

Lewes later wrote that he and Mary Ann Evans left, too, in disgust, when the medium demanded that the room be totally dark.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman