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Saint-Pierre

1 British  
/ sɛ̃ pjɛr /

noun

  1. a town on the coast of the French island of Martinique, destroyed by the eruption of Mont Pelée in 1902 with the loss of about 30 000 lives; later partly rebuilt

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Saint-Pierre 2 British  
/ sɛ̃pjɛr /

noun

  1. Jacques Henri Bernardin de (ʒak ɑ̃ri bɛrnardɛ̃ də). 1737–1814, French author; his work, which was greatly influenced by the writings of Rousseau, includes Voyage à l'Île de France (1773), Études de la nature (1784, 1788), and La chaumière indienne (1791)

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“I’m sorry to say this but, no, grief does not confer any right to justice. Mourning does not authorize a special law to be enacted in court,” said Air France lawyer François Saint-Pierre.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Claireaux is member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas territory in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2022

From May to October, the museum offers seven guided walking tours of the city center of Saint-Pierre, the cemetery and Ile-aux-Marins.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018

After landing in Mauritius in 1768, French botanist Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre wrote that all of the plants he found were horribly unpleasant-smelling and sour-tasting.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2016

It was the killer wind that had destroyed Saint-Pierre.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis