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Les Sables-d'Olonne
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English
Etymology
From en fr Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Proper noun
Les Sables d'Olonne
en city dept/Vendée c/France.
Translations
a city in Vendée, France
French: fr Les Sables-d'Olonne f
French
fr:
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Les Sables-d'Olonne.wav France
Proper noun
m-p Les Sables d'Olonne
fr city dept/Vendée c/France Les Sables-d'Olonne
fr Les Sables
Usage notes
Since "Les Sables d'Olonne" begins with "Les", a definite article, it follows the same rules as the lowercase "les", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Les Sables d'Olonne", it would be "Je viens des Sables d'Olonne", fr des being a contraction of fr de and fr les; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Les Sables d'Olonne", similarly it would be "Je vais aller aux Sables d'Olonne". The same rule applies for other towns, for example Les Baux-de-Provence.
Descendants
en Les Sables-d'Olonne 1