Le Mans

[ luh-mahn ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Sarthe, in NW France: auto racing.

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  • Had Beauvais and Le Mans been completed on the same scale as their grandiose choirs, they would stand with the foremost.

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  • Two fires in quick succession damaged the Romanesque cathedral of Le Mans.

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British Dictionary definitions for Le Mans

Le Mans

/ (French lə mɑ̃) /


noun
  1. a city in NW France: scene of the first experiments in motoring and flying; annual motor race. Pop: 146 105 (1999)

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