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[ kahn; French kahn ] / kɑn; French kɑ̃ /
nouna city and the capital of Calvados, in NW France, SW of Le Havre: many Norman buildings destroyed 1944. Words nearby Caencaecilian, caecum, Cædmon, Caelian, Caelum, Caen, caeno-, caenogenesis, Caenozoic, Caen stone, caeoma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CaenCaen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching. Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Caen, being so central, was the headquarters for the Zanuck production people. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the impressive Memorial Museum in Caen there is a darkly lit subterranean section called “France in the Dark Years.” The Deadly Trap Behind D-Day’s Beaches|Clive Irving|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Flying blind, the squad zoomed over what should have been Caen, but no one could tell for sure. The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day|Timothy M. Gay|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But as the Flying Fortresses arrived over Normandy, gunning toward the bridge at Caen, the cloud cover suddenly thickened. The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day|Timothy M. Gay|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST In the meantime the body of William was borne to Caen to await burial. Cathedral Cities of France|Herbert Marshall On his return to Caen he was received into the academy of that city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various Citoyen Marat, I am from Caen, the seat of rebellion, and wished to speak with you. Women of History|Anonymous He died on his way to Rome, and was buried among the monks of Caen. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield|A. B. Clifton The present population of Caen amounts to about thirty-one thousand individuals. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)|Dawson Turner
British Dictionary definitions for Caen
nounan industrial city in NW France. Pop: 113 987 (1999) 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 |