Drancy

British  

/ drɑ̃si /

noun

1. a residential suburb of NE Paris. Pop: 62 263 (1999)

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Example Sentences

Many French Jews were also interned at Drancy, north of Paris, and from there deported to a concentration camp.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1941, the Kaminskys were arrested and sent to Drancy, an internment camp near Paris that was a way station to the death camps.

From New York Times

He played for Drancy, an amateur side in Paris’ northeast suburbs before signing with Strasbourg’s youth academy in 2017.

From Seattle Times

Pithiviers was the second largest transit camp and deportation point in France for Jews, after Drancy.

From Reuters

She took part in a commemoration ceremony this week at the Shoah Memorial in the Paris suburb of Drancy, and is part of an association based at the site that organizes educational trips to Auschwitz.

From Seattle Times