Alençon

[ a-lahn-sawn; English uh-len-suhn, -son ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.

Alençon

/ alɑ̃sɔ̃ /

noun

1. a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)

Example Sentences

Here he remained in office no longer than absolutely necessary, retreating to his dear Alencon home.

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In 1824, then a judge at Alencon, he helped render an alibi decision in favor of Victurnien d'Esgrignon, who really was guilty.

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His aunt took him back quickly to Alencon, and by a great effort he was rescued from legal proceedings.

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My life was like a troubled sleep; I woke and thought myself a girl; I was in Alencon, where all my memories were pure and chaste.

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Born of an old Alencon family, du Bousquier was a cross between the bourgeois and the country squire.

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