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Alençon

American  
[a-lahn-sawn, uh-len-suhn, -son] / a lɑ̃ˈsɔ̃, əˈlɛn sən, -sɒn /

noun

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


Alençon British  
/ alɑ̃sɔ̃ /

noun

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

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After a few emails and phone calls, I finally got in touch with Poincheval, and we agreed to meet outside the train station in Alençon, about 130 miles west of Paris.

From The Verge Feb. 13, 2015

Alençon protects him—my foolish Margaret loves him—but there are still means to be employed which may curdle love to hate, and poison the secret cup of sympathy.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

"Among others, who have come disguised and masked, to seek to read their destinies in the skies, I have thought to recognise Monseigneur the Duke of Alençon," replied Ruggieri.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

Alençon conspires also to catch the tottering crown which falls from the dying head of Charles.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

Alençon, Princesse d’: Wolsey’s alleged desire of Henry VIII.’s marriage with, 49 sq.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude

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