Dinan

/ (French dinɑ̃) /


noun
  1. a town in NW France, in Brittany, on the estuary of the River Rance: medieval buildings, including town walls and castle: tourism, hosiery, cider: Pop: 10 907 (1999)

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How to use Dinan in a sentence

  • At the wine-shop near the Dinan Gate, where Clubin thought himself entirely unknown, he had been recognised.

    Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
  • So was his successful set-to in the brewery yard with Lefty Dinan, the Tenth street cock-of-the walk.

    The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • And I like better to sit and talk to you of Dinan, and those days when you were kind to me.

    Averil | Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • This is what she says: 'My husband will be pleased to see his little Dinan friend again.

    Averil | Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • Readers of "Shawl Straps" will recognize the originals of those bright sketches in the series of letters from Dinan.

    Louisa May Alcott | Louisa May Alcott