Nord

[nawr]

noun

1. a department in N France. 2,229 sq. mi. (5,770 sq. km). Lille.

Nord

/ nɔr /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Capital: Lille. Pop: 2 561 800 (2003 est). Area: 5774 sq km (2252 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A Ukrainian national has been arrested by police in Poland as part of the investigation into the 2022 explosions that sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, his lawyer has said.

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Several months into Russia's full-scale invasion, three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany were ruptured by explosives.

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The explosions cut off a key source of natural gas for Europe when leaders were facing an energy crisis triggered by Russia's war, although Moscow had suspended supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipelines, and Nord Stream 2 never started operation.

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"The attack on Nord Stream infrastructure concerns one of the pipeline's owners, Gazprom, which directly finances the military operations in Ukraine," Tymoteusz Paprocki told Reuters news agency.

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Accused of playing a co-ordinating role in the Nord Stream blasts, his extradition to Germany was cleared by a court in Bologna and then his lawyer appealed against the decision to Italy's highest court of appeal.

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