Chartres

American  

[shahr-truh, shahrt, shar-tr^uh] / ˈʃɑr trə, ʃɑrt, ˈʃar trə /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in northern France, southwest of Paris: known for its Gothic cathedral.

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Chartres British  

/ ʃartrə, ʃɑːt, ˈʃɑːtrə /

noun

1. a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop: 40 361 (1999)

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Example Sentences

The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.

From The Wall Street Journal

This particular one was modeled after the labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral and dedicated to John-Roger after his death.

From Los Angeles Times

The investment, for which no detail was provided by Macron's office, will be based in Chartres, west of Paris, where Novo already employs nearly 2,000 people.

From Reuters

His article, headlined “The Girl Partisan of Chartres” in the Sept. 4, 1944, issue of Life, made “Nicole” an international symbol of the French resistance.

From New York Times

After Chartres was liberated, Ms. Segouin and her resistance comrades linked up with the French 2nd Armored Division on the 55-mile push toward Paris, occupied by the Germans for more than four years.

From Washington Post