Le Bourget

[ luh boor-zhey; French luh boor-zhe ]

noun

1. a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.

Example Sentences

He was first detained upon arrival at Le Bourget airport north of Paris last Saturday under a warrant for offences related to the app.

From BBC

If you’re connected to the tech world or even slightly interested in it, you probably noticed and were maybe even alarmed by a major event this past weekend: the sudden arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov by French authorities at Le Bourget Airport, outside Paris, late Saturday night.

From Slate

Mr Durov was detained after his private jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.

From BBC

Toby Roberts, 19, is ranked third after the boulder semi-final, scoring 54.1 at Le Bourget sport climbing venue.

From BBC

Surely it would have been more appropriate when former President Charles De Gaulle's Monsieur Afrique, Jacques Foccart, really was arranging coups d'état in the 1960s and beyond, and when bags of dirty money really were transiting to Le Bourget airport near Paris.

From BBC