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Nantes

[ nants; French nahnt ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
  2. Edict of, French History. a law, promulgated by Henry IV in 1598, granting considerable religious and civil liberty to the Huguenots: revoked by Louis XIV in 1685.


Nantes

/ nɑ̃t /

noun

  1. a port in W France, at the head of the Loire estuary: scene of the signing of the Edict of Nantes and of the Noyades (drownings) during the French Revolution; extensive shipyards, and large metallurgical and food processing industries. Pop: 270 251 (1999)
  2. history See Edict of Nantes


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Nantes is among France’s fastest-growing small cities, quickly becoming a thriving nerve center for neo-bistros, bakeries, and wine bars.

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In France, the death toll has been lower: One young man killed in the city of Nantes.

“To search for an explanation is to prepare oneself to excuse the inexcusable,” Sarkozy said at a rally in Nantes.

Camusot de Marville had been president of the Court of Nantes.

He lived at Nantes, and in his old age had married a frivolous young woman, to whom he turned over the conduct of affairs.

The Archbishop went off to Nantes and afterwards found his way to Scotland, where he suffered imprisonment.

Monsieur, I came to warn you that the diligence for Nantes will pass at six o'clock, and they have come for M. David's baggage.

"Look not in that direction, my child," answered sadly the townsman of Nantes, turning around to his daughter.

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