Orne

[ awrn ]

noun

1. a department in NW France. 2,372 sq. mi. (6,145 sq. km). : Alençon.

Orne

/ ɔrn /

noun

1. a department of NW France, in Basse-Normandie. Capital: Alençon. Pop: 291 274 (2003 est). Area: 6144 sq km (2396 sq miles)

Example Sentences

She was intimate with a prefect of Orne, who was the natural father of Emile Blondet.

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Letty Orne was a church member in her younger days, but I don't believe the captain ever was.

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"Captain Orne, your compatriots have humbled me to-day," he said when he saw the American prisoner.

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Orne could not express the jubilation he felt, for there was something pitiful in the anguish shown by the brave English captain.

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Argentan (a˙r-zha˙n˙-tn˙), a French town, department of Orne (Normandy), with an old castle and some manufactures.

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