Domrémy-la-Pucelle

American  

[dawn-rey-mee-la-py-sel] / dɔ̃ reɪ mi la püˈsɛl /

noun

1. a village in Lorraine, NE France, SW of Nancy: birthplace of Joan of Arc.

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Domrémy-la-Pucelle British  

/ dɔ̃remilapysɛl /

noun

1. a village in NE France, in the Vosges: birthplace of Joan of Arc

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Example Sentences

Not that there’s much to see or do in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, an economically depressed village of fewer than 200 people.

From New York Times

Just after the visit to Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where he was greeted by a small band, a line of local officials and a thin crowd of a few dozen visitors, he stopped in Vaucouleurs, where Joan is said to have begun her mission to lead the dauphin to victory.

From New York Times

Domrémy-la-Pucelle is a typical agricultural village of Eastern France.

From Project Gutenberg

There a carriage can be had for Domrémy, and with a luncheon-basket a summer's day may be most agreeably spent between Neufchâteau and the little station of Domrémy-Maxey-sur-Meuse, at which point, about three miles beyond Domrémy-la-Pucelle, you may strike the railway which leads to Nancy.

From Project Gutenberg

Very near Domrémy-la-Pucelle, a resident of the country, M. Sédille, has built, on a fine hill overlooking the valley of the Meuse, a small chapel adorned with a group representing the Maiden kneeling before her Saints and the Archangel.

From Project Gutenberg