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Nov 28, 2009
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St. Pierre



Pronunciation: (sānt" pyâr'; Fr. san pyer'), [key]
1. a city on Réunion Island, in the Indian Ocean. 45,000.
2. a former city on Martinique, in the French West Indies: destroyed 1902, with the entire population of 26,000, by an eruption of the volcano Mt. Pelée.

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St. Peter's SquareSt. Pierre and Miquelon
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