Dinan

British  

/ dinɑ̃ /

noun

1. a town in NW France, in Brittany, on the estuary of the River Rance: medieval buildings, including town walls and castle: tourism, hosiery, cider: Pop: 10 907 (1999)

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Example Sentences

One of the prize's own judges, Nicola Dinan, who won the First Book award last year, also resigned from this year's panel in protest.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

“We spend a lot of time making sure the show is informative visually and reflects a modern, elegant broadcast,” said Chris Dinan, Muir’s executive producer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

The Times’ Stephen Dinan, meanwhile, reports on Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz’s plea to Congress to provide more agents to address the reality that a majority of sections along the U.S.-Mexico boundary are not secure.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Eventually, Dr. Beaumanoir spirited them to her parents’ restaurant and home in Dinan, Brittany, where they remained hidden, moving among friendly locations during German house-to-house searches, until the end of the war in 1945.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2022

Inside the old city, mountains of stone blocks, sacks, shutters, branches, iron grillework, and chimney pots fill the rue de Dinan.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr