Caen
a city and the capital of Calvados, in NW France, SW of Le Havre: many Norman buildings destroyed 1944.
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In France’s second, Caen’s Nicholas Gioacchini, 20, is on the rise.
In these abnormal times, U.S. men’s soccer will draw heavily from European leagues | Steven Goff | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostCaen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching.
And thus the Great Anglo-American Caen Controversy was launched.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaen, being so central, was the headquarters for the Zanuck production people.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Great Caen Controversy proceeds from two apparently diametrically opposed statements of fact.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At the impressive Memorial Museum in Caen there is a darkly lit subterranean section called “France in the Dark Years.”
He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellDubut of Caen was involved in the trial of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, and sentenced to death for contumacy.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheHe took up his residence at Caen, passing the rest of his life in exile and poverty, and occasionally attending the young king.
We have an illustration of the way in which the work of demolition was accomplished in events occurring about this time at Caen.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThe town of Caen records the history of another old woman, addicted to drinking.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for Caen
/ (kɒŋ, French kɑ̃) /
an industrial city in NW France. Pop: 113 987 (1999)
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