Caen

[ kahn; French kahn ]

noun

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

Caen

/ kɑ̃; kɒŋ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

In France’s second, Caen’s Nicholas Gioacchini, 20, is on the rise.

From Washington Post

Caen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching.

From The Daily Beast

And thus the Great Anglo-American Caen Controversy was launched.

From The Daily Beast

Caen, being so central, was the headquarters for the Zanuck production people.

From The Daily Beast

The Great Caen Controversy proceeds from two apparently diametrically opposed statements of fact.

From The Daily Beast

At the impressive Memorial Museum in Caen there is a darkly lit subterranean section called “France in the Dark Years.”

From The Daily Beast

He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.

From Project Gutenberg

Dubut of Caen was involved in the trial of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, and sentenced to death for contumacy.

From Project Gutenberg

He took up his residence at Caen, passing the rest of his life in exile and poverty, and occasionally attending the young king.

From Project Gutenberg

We have an illustration of the way in which the work of demolition was accomplished in events occurring about this time at Caen.

From Project Gutenberg

The town of Caen records the history of another old woman, addicted to drinking.

From Project Gutenberg