Douai

American  

[doo-ay, 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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Douai

"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

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

The work by Breton, a 19th century Realist painter, was seized in 1918 by German troops from a museum in Douai, France, the statement said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2011

M. Thiers armed them with siege pieces which he had sent from Toulon, Cherbourg, Douai, Lyons, and Besançon—293 ordnance pieces—and their effect was such that from the first days the fort of Issy was shaken.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

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