Carcassonne

[ kar-ka-sawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Aude, in S France: medieval fortifications.

Carcassonne

/ karkasɔn /

noun

1. a city in SW France: extensive remains of medieval fortifications. Pop: 43 950 (1999)

Example Sentences

Some games, like Carcassonne, make you draw from a deck of thick cardboard tiles.

From Popular-Science

In 1204, he met the leaders of the Albigenses in conference at Carcassonne.

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The afternoon's ride to Carcassonne was in the face of a strong wind.

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When he became bishop of Carcassonne he built the south chapel that opens from St. Nazaires nave (1323-30).

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Not that Carcassonne, as redressed by M. Viollet-le-Duc, is deficient in clat; it has too much of it.

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From about 819 to 1082 Carcassonne formed a separate countship, and from the latter date till 1247 a viscountship.

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