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 RN also showed its strength in small provincial towns, with victories in Montargis, Carcassonne and La Seyne-sur-Mer, though it lost the mayoralty of Villers-Cotterets north of Paris.

From BBC

It has hopes of adding Marseille, Toulon, Carcassonne and Lens to the list.

From BBC

He restored a great many other historic sites, including the entire walled town of Carcassonne in the south of France.

From The Wall Street Journal

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