Verdun

[ ver-duhn, vur-; French ver-dœn ]

/ vɛrˈdʌn, vɜr-; French vɛrˈdœ̃ /

noun

a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I.

a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.

Words nearby Verdun

Verdi, Giuseppe, verdigris, verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, Verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund, Vereeniging, Verein

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Example sentences from the Web for Verdun

Francois Hollande should say, like Marshal Petain at Verdun,They shall not pass… gas.
PJ O’Rourke on Putin’s Crimea for Help|P. J. O’Rourke|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be unfunny, for different reasons, if set at Verdun or Gettysburg or Stalingrad.
A Rather Misguided Catch-22 Reaction|David Frum|January 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Alistair first came into fame with his book about the Battle of Verdun, The Price of Glory.
Lessons from Another War|Christopher Buckley|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We were now in the centre of activity of the army defending Verdun.
The White Road to Verdun|Kathleen Burke

My men are moving toward Verdun, conducted by Sergeant Thibaut.
A Blue Devil of France|G. P. Capart
I will telephone to him an explanation as soon as we arrive in Verdun.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
The city of Verdun is situated at the bottom of the Meuse Valley on both sides of the river.
They Shall Not Pass|Frank H. Simonds
The senator had told him a few days before that her brother, the artilleryman, had just been killed at Verdun.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez

British Dictionary definitions for Verdun

Verdun

/ (French vɛrdœ̃, English ˈvɛədʌn) /

noun

a fortified town in NE France, on the Meuse: scene of the longest and most severe battle (1916) of World War I, in which the French repelled a powerful German offensive. Pop: 19 624 (1999)Ancient name: Verodunum (ˌvɛrəˈdjuːnəm)

Treaty of Verdun an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)

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单词	verdun
释义	Verdun [ ver-duhn, vur-; French ver-dœn ] / vɛrˈdʌn, vɜr-; French vɛrˈdœ̃ / noun a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I. a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada. Words nearby Verdun Verdi, Giuseppe, verdigris, verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, Verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund, Vereeniging, Verein Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Verdun Francois Hollande should say, like Marshal Petain at Verdun,They shall not pass… gas. PJ O’Rourke on Putin’s Crimea for Help\|P. J. O’Rourke\|March 7, 2014\|DAILY BEAST It would be unfunny, for different reasons, if set at Verdun or Gettysburg or Stalingrad. A Rather Misguided Catch-22 Reaction\|David Frum\|January 2, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Alistair first came into fame with his book about the Battle of Verdun, The Price of Glory. Lessons from Another War\|Christopher Buckley\|November 12, 2009\|DAILY BEAST We were now in the centre of activity of the army defending Verdun. The White Road to Verdun\|Kathleen Burke My men are moving toward Verdun, conducted by Sergeant Thibaut. A Blue Devil of France\|G. P. Capart I will telephone to him an explanation as soon as we arrive in Verdun. The Doctor of Pimlico\|William Le Queux The city of Verdun is situated at the bottom of the Meuse Valley on both sides of the river. They Shall Not Pass\|Frank H. Simonds The senator had told him a few days before that her brother, the artilleryman, had just been killed at Verdun. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\|Vicente Blasco Ibanez British Dictionary definitions for Verdun Verdun / (French vɛrdœ̃, English ˈvɛədʌn) / noun a fortified town in NE France, on the Meuse: scene of the longest and most severe battle (1916) of World War I, in which the French repelled a powerful German offensive. Pop: 19 624 (1999)Ancient name: Verodunum (ˌvɛrəˈdjuːnəm) Treaty of Verdun an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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