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Drancy

British  
/ drɑ̃si /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

The Drancy Shoah memorial actively documents the Holocaust, especially for younger generations.

From Seattle Times Jul. 17, 2022

One such leader is Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Drancy Mosque in Paris.

From Washington Times Sep. 25, 2016

"I have parents who come to me and say: 'My son went in a dealer and came out a fundamentalist'," said Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the mosque in Drancy, a gritty suburb north of Paris.

From Reuters May 7, 2013

A trench has been dug almost continuously from Drancy to Aubervilliers, and an attempt has been made to approach Le Bourget by flying sap.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

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