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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Over the weekend, Affleck and Lopez also made their red carpet debut at the premiere of "The Last Duel," where Affleck plays the role of Count Pierre of Alencon in the historical drama.

From Fox News • Sep. 12, 2021

Elizabeth rejected King Philip of Spain but smiled on France's Alencon, her "Frog-Prince."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sister Therese Martin, one of the nine children of a jeweler of Alencon, a provincial town to the south of Lisieux.

From Time Magazine Archive

They rode all night, and arrived without misadventure at Alencon.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

Both armies were rendered inactive by want of funds, and the situation was complicated by the entry of the Duke of Alencon, the brother of the King of France, into the Netherlands.

From By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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