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Laon

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[lahn] / lɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.


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Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019

At a stopover in Laon, a city of shimmering stone 300 feet above the plains of Picardy in France, I tried to fathom the power of miracles.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2019

The events are taking place in Soissons, Laon, Vauxaillon and Blerancourt. 011-33-323-397-217.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018

Born in Laon, France, in 1637, he was a Jesuit by 20 and was explaining the Trinity in the New World by 30.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015

Henry’s successor, Philip I., was known as the most venal of men, and from him, by a similar transaction, Helinand purchased, with the money acquired from the revenues of Laon, the primatial see of Reims.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles