Douai

American  

[doo-ey, dwe] / duˈeɪ, dwɛ /

Or Douay

noun

1. a city in N France, SE of Calais.

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Douai British  

/ dwɛ, ˈduːeɪ /

noun

1. an industrial city in N France: the political and religious centre of exiled English Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries. Pop: 42 796 (1999)

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Example Sentences

"Our target was to be able to produce affordable electric cars here to sell in Europe," explains Pierre Andrieux, director of the Douai plant, arguing that automated processes "will enable us to do that profitably".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

"Renault ElectriCity" pools three of the group's plants in northern France, Douai, Ruitz and Maubeuge.

From Reuters • May 31, 2023

Boarding school with the Benedictine monks at Belmont Abbey, near Hereford, and Douai in Berkshire, meant sporting nights listening to Raymond Glendenning and Eamonn Andrews on the radio under the pillow.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013

The court in Douai postponed its decision until Dec. 19 on an appeal from Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

Thirty-seven thousand men were left to watch Coburg and to secure Arras and Douai, and the rest, 50,000 strong, assembled at Cassel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various