- A
levee (/ˈlɛvi/ or /ˈlɛveɪ/), **** (American English), **** (British English; see
spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated...
- Look up
levee or
levée in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Levee or
levée comes from the
French verb lever,
meaning "getting up" or "rising". It has two...
- The
levee (from the
French word lever,
meaning "getting up" or "rising") was
traditionally a
daily moment of
intimacy and
accessibility to a
monarch or...
-
Levée en m****e (French pronunciation: [ləve ɑ̃ mɑs] or, in English, m**** levy) is a
French term used for a
policy of m****
national conscription, often...
- On Monday,
August 29, 2005,
there were over 50
failures of the
levees and
flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its
suburbs following p****age...
- "When the
Levee Breaks" is a
country blues song
written and
first recorded by
Memphis Minnie and
Kansas Joe
McCoy in 1929. The
lyrics reflect experiences...
- When the
Levees Broke: A
Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 do****entary film
directed by
Spike Lee
about the
devastation of New Orleans,
Louisiana following...
- A New Year's
levée is a
social event on New Year's Day
hosted by the
Governor General of Canada, the
lieutenant governors,
military establishments, muni****lities...
- The
Levee District was the red-light
district of
Chicago from the 1880s
until 1912, when
police raids shut it down. The district, like many
frontier town...
-
Newport on the
Levee is a
dining and
attraction destination located on
Third Street in Newport, Kentucky. It is
located adjacent to the
Purple People...
