Dinant

/ (French dinɑ̃) /

noun

a town in S Belgium, on the River Meuse below steep limestone cliffs: 11th-century citadel: famous in the Middle Ages for fine brassware, known as dinanderie : tourism, metalwork, biscuits. Pop: 12 719 (2004 est)

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Examples from the Web for dinant

Cheaper labour and materials induced copper-founders from Dinant and bell-founders from Liege to transfer their trades hither.
Old Country Inns of England|Henry P. Maskell
We pass the beautiful town of Dinant, and later on the larger fortified town of Namur, where the river is joined by the Sambre.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
Madame had come across to our little home at Dinant for a few days' rest.
The Sequel|George A. Taylor
The healthy effect produced on the population by Dinant and Louvain must not be allowed to spend itself.
Through the Iron Bars|Emile Cammaerts

He resisted the intimations of the fall of Brussels and the appearance of the Germans at Dinant.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through|H. G. Wells