Rouen

[ roo-ahn, -ahn; French rwahn ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.

  2. one of a breed of domestic ducks resembling the wild mallard.

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How to use Rouen in a sentence

  • A steamboat had just been put upon the Seine, to run between Havre and Rouen.

    Washington Irving | Henry W. Boynton

British Dictionary definitions for Rouen

Rouen

/ (French rwɑ̃) /


noun
  1. a city in N France, on the River Seine: the chief river port of France; became capital of the duchy of Normandy in 912; scene of the burning of Joan of Arc (1431); university (1964). Pop: 106 592 (1999)

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