lieu
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a general vicinity
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a point located with respect to surface features of some regionsynonyms: endroittypes:tombe, tombeaua place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)lieu de naissancethe place where someone was bornbureau de votea place where voters go to cast their votes in an electioncachettea place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)arrêta spot where something halts or pausesciblethe location of the target that is to be hittombeaua chamber that is used as a graveembranchementa junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streamsrond-pointa road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central islandarrêt d'autobusa place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengerscachettea predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)sommet d'une collinethe peak of a hillcimea lofty peakescalea stopping place on a journeypicthe summit of a mountaintype of:pointthe precise location of something; a spatially limited location
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the particular portion of space occupied by somethingtypes:devantthe part of something that is nearest to the normal viewerpositionthe position where a thing or person standsposition avantageuseplace or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)poste d'observationan elevated post affording a wide viewterrain avantageuxa place from which something can be viewedtype of:pointthe precise location of something; a spatially limited location
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place where something began and flourishedsynonyms: endroit
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a business establishment for entertainmentsynonyms: endroittypes:boîte de nuit, établissement ouvert la nuita spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drinktype of:établissement commercialan establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered
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After a shipwreck, a group of noblemen wash up on an enchanted island ruled by the magician Prospero.
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In 1892, Homer Plessy, a citizen of mixed descent, was convicted for refusing to move from his seat in the "Whites Only" car of an East Louisiana Railway train. Ruling that separate but equal facilities did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict of John Ferguson, the criminal district court judge of Orleans. This led to decades of segregation that denied African Americans their rights. The decision was eventually overturned in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.This list contains words from the majority opinion written by Henry Brown. Read the full text here.