Choiseul

[ French shwa-zœl ]

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noun

an island in the W central Pacific Ocean: part of the independent Solomon Islands. 1,500 sq. mi. (3,885 sq. km).

Choiseul

/ ʃwazœl /

ChoiseulÉtienne François17191785MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman Étienne François (etjɛn frɑ̃swɑ), Duc de. 1719–85, French statesman; foreign minister (1758–70)

Choiseul

/ ʃwazœl /

an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)

As I sipped my tea, I stared out of the café window onto Rue de Choiseul.

Above all she had dwelt upon the necessity of not letting the Choiseul party win possession of the dauphiness.

Both Pitt and Choiseul held the fisheries question to be of prime importance.

After this he joined M. de Choiseul Gouffier at Constantinople.

It is the gate of the ancient htel of Choiseul-Praslin, a name of unhappy memory in the annals of swell assassins.

What he cared for was what Choiseul and the statesmen who followed him cared for, the supremacy of the world.

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