Quimper
a port in and the capital of Finistère, in NW France: noted for pottery manufacture.
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How to use Quimper in a sentence
Bishop Rainaud laid the first stone of Quimper Cathedral in 1239.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyI am going to make my dbut at the Quimper-Corentin theatre, in Joconde, nothing less!
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de KockArrived at Quimper-Corentin, Dodichet started off at once to find the manager of the theatre.
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de Kock"Some volunteers of Quimper, returning home," replied Barbaroux, with ironical smoothness.
In Kings' Byways | Stanley J. Weyman"Ces messieurs are going to Quimper," said Catherine, speaking the name in the very italics of scorn.
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British Dictionary definitions for Quimper
/ (French kɛ̃pɛr) /
a city in NW France: capital of Finistère department. Pop: 63 238 (1999)
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