Douai
noun
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
Douay
-
a variation of
Douai.
Example Sentences
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Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson gave Canada a deserved lead in the ninth minute only for Floran Douay to fire France level seconds later.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
On Bienville’s left is Father Athanase Douay, the monk who accompanied the explorer on his expedition.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2020
One of the most interesting documents is an Osage translation of the Douay Rheims Bible, an early English version used by the Jesuits during the 1800s.
From Washington Times ● May 21, 2017
Hence, in the cutting room at judgment day, the film editors may include a Douay man, a King James man, a Revised Standard splicer, and so on.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1568 an English college was formed at Douay; in twenty years Allen witnessed his colleges rise at Rheims, at Rome,1 at Louvain and St. Omer, and at Valladolid, at Seville, and at Madrid.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
