Carcassonne

American  

[kar-ka-sawn] / kar kaˈsɔn /

noun

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

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Carcassonne British  

/ karkasɔn /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider has done a lot of work for race leader Tadej Pogacar in the opening two weeks of the Tour but, freed from his domestique duties for the day, attacked on the final climb of the hilly 169.3km ride from Muret to Carcassonne.

From BBC

For Gastou, a decorative art and antiques dealer who died in 2020 at age 72, the house, with its faded pale blue cement facade and roughly 40-foot-tall turret, fulfilled romantic fantasies of knights and fortified towers that had taken root during childhood trips to Carcassonne; he grew up near that medieval walled city in Limoux.

From New York Times

He drove the teenager to Revel, just outside Carcassonne, and left him with local gendarmes who checked his identity and took him to Toulouse before his journey back to the UK was arranged.

From BBC

He drove to Revel, just outside Carcassonne, and left him with the local gendarmes who checked his identity and he is now in Toulouse in the hands of French authorities.

From BBC

The company announced a partnership this March with Catan publisher Asmodee that could lead to other popular board games coming to Tilt Five, too; Asmodee also publishes Ticket to Ride, Gloomhaven, Carcassonne, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic, and others.

From The Verge