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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of South Dakota, in the central part of the state on the Missouri River. Originally a small trading center, it thrived after the coming of the railroad and was chosen as state capital in 1889.
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- proper noun A male
given name occasionally borrowed from French, cognate toPeter . - proper noun The capital of
South Dakota .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
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Examples
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PIERRE, SD - A second Fort Pierre man who pleaded guilty to charges in the theft and destruction of a Ronald McDonald statue in Pierre has been sentenced to serve 45 days in jail.
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PIERRE, SD - Authorities have identified the victim of a one-vehicle crash in Pierre.
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PIERRE, SD - A 41-year-old fish that entertained visitors to a Pierre hotel for nearly a quarter century has died.
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PIERRE, SD - A circuit court judge has ruled that the city of Pierre was within its rights to impose a final contract offer in a labor dispute.
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The "Islands of S.. Pierre," _Isles S. Pierre_, includes the Island of S.. Peter and the cluster surrounding it.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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PIERRE - Crews are working on several renovation projects at the state government complex in Pierre.
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PIERRE - Crews are working on several renovation projects at the state government complex in Pierre.
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PIERRE - Pierre police are looking for a shoplifting suspect who got away by swimming across a narrow part of the Missouri River.
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[Voila donc Pierre devenu moine!] "Mais _Pierre_ [il] avait en lui un principe qui l'empechait de rester long-temps inactif, ses idees, sur quel sujet _qu'il soit_ [que ce fut] ne pouvaient pas etre bornees; il ne lui suffisait pas que lui - meme fut religieux, que lui-meme fut convaincu de la realite de
Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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As editor, Plantard first took the name Pierre de France, although he favored the more impressive Pierre de France-Plantard in later editions.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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