Cluny

[ kloo-nee; French kly-nee ]

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

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Cluny

/ (ˈkluːnɪ, French klyni) /


noun
  1. 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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