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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.
2. 2
   A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
3. 3
   A municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Example

More examples

"Odette was born in Nantes in 1905."

Etymology

From French Nantes.

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