Cluny

American

[kloo-nee, kly-nee] / ˈklu ni, klüˈni /

noun

a town in E France, N of Lyons: ruins of a Benedictine abbey.

Cluny British

/ ˈkluːnɪ, klyni /

noun

a town in E central France: reformed Benedictine order founded here in 910; important religious and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 4376 (1999)

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Back in 2018, Bradley Cooper pitched “Maestro” to Carey Mulligan over coffee at Manhattan’s Cafe Cluny.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

I stayed in a small hotel near the Cluny Museum and was able to walk to a majority of the great attractions and explore the best neighborhoods.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

It's a drizzly, grey day in Cluny Square.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

Ian Palfreyman, 72, from Sawley, Derbyshire, has worked as a twist hand - somebody who operates machines - at Cluny Lace in Ilkeston, producing Nottingham lace for more than 56 years.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2021

Using the plank as an improvised stretcher they carefully lifted Cluny on to it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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