Caen

American

[kahn, kahn] / kɑn, kɑ̃ /

noun

a city and the capital of Calvados, in NW France, SW of Le Havre: many Norman buildings destroyed 1944.

Caen British

/ kɑ̃, kɒŋ /

noun

an industrial city in NW France. Pop: 113 987 (1999)

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Distillation has been around in some shape or form for a long time, according to Christopher Caen, CEO of Mill Pond Research.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Caen, who have won four of their past 15 games, fired the previous coach Maxime d'Ornano earlier Monday.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Laurent Glaize, a former head of youth recruitment at Caen, spent three years tracking a young Kylian and became close to the Mbappe family during that time.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

That’s why the infamous newspaper columnist Herb Caen dubbed it “Baghdad by the Bay” more than 80 years ago, when the town had already fully embraced its outsider status.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Cherbourg has been liberated, Caen liberated, Rennes too.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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