Montceau-les-Mines

US, literary/ˈmɑn.soʊˌleɪˈmin/

proper noun

A commune of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

OriginFrench Montceau-les-Mines →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A commune of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

    On very vague information an agent of the police named Br*** was sent to Montceau-les-Mines to discover there a plot which would have just suited the Government for the coming elections.

    1885 March 29, Paul Lafargue, “The Political Game of the Police in France”, in William Morris, editor, The Commonweal, volume 1, number 2

Origin

  1. FrenchMontceau-les-Mines
  2. EnglishMontceau-les-Mines

Borrowed from French Montceau-les-Mines.

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Translations

French Montceau-les-Mines
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Chicago

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