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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He was a sharp-witted storyteller, once described by San Francisco columnist Herb Caen as the Bob Hope of the Chinese community, but he never said a word about the investigation to his children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"His legacy was that he took a team that was below par, and he managed to bring that team back up to the top," said ex-Arsenal and Manchester City player Clichy, who manages third-tier Caen.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

A copy of the Daily Mail dated 12 June 1944 - days after D-Day - reports that "battle rages around empty Caen" and "trap closing on Nazis".

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

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 was finally captured, and then on the eighteenth of July St.-Lô fell.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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