Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern France near the Spanish border and the Mediterranean Sea. Probably founded in the 10th century, it was under Spanish control after the 12th century and became part of France in 1659.
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- proper noun A town in
Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.
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Examples
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry in favour of a horse and cart
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry in favour of a horse and cart
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts guardian.co.uk 2010
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry ...
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts guardian.co.uk 2010
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I stood outside a shop in Perpignan a couple of years ago for about an hour while my wife tried on clothes.
France de la Tour « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry ...
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts guardian.co.uk 2010
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry in favour of a horse and cart
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry in favour of a horse and cart
French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts guardian.co.uk 2010
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Assuming, that is, he can avoid the kind of scenes that this blogger ran into in Perpignan last month.
Right But Wrong II Laban 2005
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Assuming, that is, he can avoid the kind of scenes that this blogger ran into in Perpignan last month.
Archive 2005-06-19 Laban 2005
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He grew up with his mother and her family in Perpignan in the middle of the wine district of Roussillon.
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