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Sambre

[ French sahn-bruh ]

noun

  1. a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.


Sambre

/ ɑ̃ə /

noun

  1. a river in W Europe, rising in N France and flowing east into Belgium to join the Meuse at Namur. Length: 190 km (118 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The car was traced three weeks later to the suspect's home in Pont-sur Sambre.

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She escaped and drowned herself in the river Sambre when Magritte was 13.

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On a winter night in 1912, as he and his two younger brothers slept, their mother walked out of her bedroom and down to the river Sambre and committed suicide by drowning.

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It is thought that people in the area were fond of frying small fish from the River Sambre et Meuse and when the river froze over one year they began frying strips of potato instead.

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Above is a living room decorated by French street artist Sambre.

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