Dinant

British  

/ dinɑ̃ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The storm wreaked similar havoc, also with no loss of life, in the small town of Anhee a few kilometres north of Dinant.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2021

Trejo had been representing local peasant organizations in a fight against the palm-oil company Grupo Dinant, and had recently won a handful of cases forcing the company’s plantations to be turned over to local residents.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2016

The Spanish introduced potatoes to Europe in the 15th Century and there is some evidence that the first potatoes were fried in the 17th Century between Liege and Dinant in Wallonia.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2016

The dirt in one yard, belonging to a Dinant Corp. employee, is carefully raked and free from litter.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2014

The two speakers were seated at an open window of the H�tel Dor�, in the picturesque town of Dinant.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)