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Louis St. Laurent (French pronunciation: [lwi sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]) was born on February 1, 1882, in Compton, Quebec, a village in the Eastern Townships, to Jean-Baptiste-Moïse Saint-Laurent, a French Canadian, and Mary Anne Broderick, an Irish Canadian. Louis was the oldest of seven children.
Yves (French pronunciation:; in English as / ˈ iː v / EEV) is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo (Iuo) and compound names Ivorix (Iuo-rigi or Iue-ricci) and Ivomagus (Iuo-magi), all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or īuos, [1] or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr ...
Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]) is a borough of the city of Montreal, Canada, located in the northern part of the island. Although it is no longer an independent city, it is still commonly known as Ville Saint-Laurent (City of Saint-Laurent) or by its initials, VSL. Saint-Laurent is the largest of Montreal's boroughs by ...
Yves Saint Laurent SAS[ 2 ] (/ ˌiːvˌsæ̃lɔːˈrɒ̃ /, also UK: /- lɒˈ -/, US: /- loʊˈ -/, French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ⓘ), also known as Saint Laurent and YSL, [ 3 ] is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1961 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The company specializes in haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather ...
Laurence (feminine), Lorenzo (Spanish, Italian), Laurențiu (Romanian), Lourenço (Portuguese) Laurent is a French masculine given name of Latin origin. It is used in France, Canada, and other French-speaking countries. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". It can also be derived from the Old ...
The phonemes /u/ and /uː/ are not distinct in modern French of France or in modern Quebec French; the spelling <oû> was the /uː/ phoneme, but croûte is pronounced with a short /u/ in modern French of France and in modern Quebec French. In Quebec French, the phoneme /uː/ is used only in loanwords: cool. The phoneme /ɔ/ is pronounced [ɒː ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Laurent-Médoc ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ medɔk], also known as Saint-Laurent-du-Médoc; Occitan: Sent Laurenç de Medòc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern ...
Béatrice Piertot. Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lo.ʁɑ̃]) is a Catholic church in the 10th arrondissement of Paris at 68 bis Boulevard de Magenta. A series of churches occupied the site since the 10th century. It is named for Saint Lawrence, an early Christian martyr who was executed in Rome by the Roman Emperor Valerian in 258 AD.