Roubaix

[ roo-be ]

noun
  1. a city in N France, NE of Lille.

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How to use Roubaix in a sentence

  • These astute measures must inevitably result im her capture—for was it not at Roubaix that he had bidden her await him?

    The Trampling of the Lilies | Rafael Sabatini
  • I heard of other establishments of the same kind at and near Roubaix on a still larger scale.

    France and the Republic | William Henry Hurlbert
  • In Holland and Belgium and at Roubaix the average wage is about one franc less for both sexes.

    France and the Republic | William Henry Hurlbert
  • The looms and machinery are being taken away from the textile mills in Roubaix and Tourcoing and sent to Germany.

  • About Roubaix not a single head of cattle was to be seen; in Belgium every farm had its cows.

British Dictionary definitions for Roubaix

Roubaix

/ (French rubɛ) /


noun
  1. a city in N France near the Belgian border: forms, with Tourcoing, a large industrial conurbation. Pop: 96 984 (1999)

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