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Orne
[ awrn ]
noun
- a department in NW France. 2,372 sq. mi. (6,145 sq. km). : Alençon.
Orne
/ ɔrn /
noun
- a department of NW France, in Basse-Normandie. Capital: Alençon. Pop: 291 274 (2003 est). Area: 6144 sq km (2396 sq miles)
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She was intimate with a prefect of Orne, who was the natural father of Emile Blondet.
Letty Orne was a church member in her younger days, but I don't believe the captain ever was.
"Captain Orne, your compatriots have humbled me to-day," he said when he saw the American prisoner.
Orne could not express the jubilation he felt, for there was something pitiful in the anguish shown by the brave English captain.
Argentan (a˙r-zha˙n˙-tn˙), a French town, department of Orne (Normandy), with an old castle and some manufactures.
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