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Caen

American

[kahn, kahn] / kɑn, kɑ̃ /

noun

a city and the capital of Calvados, in NW France, SW of Le Havre: many Norman buildings destroyed 1944.

Caen British

/ kɑ̃, kɒŋ /

noun

an industrial city in NW France. Pop: 113 987 (1999)

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Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said 180 passengers were on board the train that was operating between Rouen and Caen in Normandy.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

One person had been arrested and taken into custody after authorities launched a major emergency response in Caen, in the Normandy region, local officials told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“It’s another version of scraping, which has been a problem since day one,” Caen said, referencing how Anthropic’s Claude and other LLMs have been trained on large amounts of copyrighted material from across the internet.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

Caen, who have won four of their past 15 games, fired the previous coach Maxime d'Ornano earlier Monday.

From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025

Cherbourg has been liberated, Caen liberated, Rennes too.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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