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Besançon

American  
[buh-zahn-sawn] / bə zɑ̃ˈsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Doubs, in E France: Roman ruins.


Besançon British  
/ bəzɑ̃sɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 117 733 (1999)

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Mason instead used the Besançon Galactic Model, a simulation designed to estimate the distribution and characteristics of stars throughout the Milky Way.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

An independent “scientific sleuth,” Lonni Besançon, also found significant issues in Levi’s work.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

The two young men — students at the local university — were leaders of the far-right student group Cocarde Étudiante, said the Besançon prosecutor Étienne Manteaux.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2022

On one of these, kept at Besançon, the recipient had made an informal translation.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2022

It created a great sensation that Cardinal Mathieu, Archbishop of Besançon, also voted against it.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger

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