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Amiens

[ am-ee-uhnz; French a-myan ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.


Amiens

/ amjɛ̃; ˈæmɪənz /

noun

  1. a city in N France: its Gothic cathedral is the largest church in France. Pop: 135 501 (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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Example Sentences

With 24 percent unemployment in north Amiens, it's not surprising things get tense.

M. Roland returned to his official post at Amiens, and engaged in preparing his work on Italy for the press.

He - 138 -died the summer following, at Vienna, and left her quite a little property near Amiens.

I went to see likewise the Chateau d'Eau, the machine for supplying Amiens with water.

Amiens is most delightfully situated, the country around being highly cultivated.

Though Amiens has suffered very considerably by the war, it has still, in appearance at least, an extensive trade.

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