Macon

¹

[ mey-kuhn ]

noun

1. Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
2. a city in central Georgia.

Mâcon

²

[ mah-kawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Saône-et-Loire, in E central France.
2. a Burgundy wine, usually white and dry, from the area around Mâcon.

Mâcon

¹

/ mɑkɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in E central France, in the Saône valley: a centre of the wine-producing region of lower Burgundy. Pop: 34 469 (1999)
2. a red or white wine from the Mâcon area, heavier than the other burgundies

Macon

²

/ ˈmeɪkən /

noun

1. a city in the US, in central Georgia, on the Ocmulgee River. Pop: 95 267 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

The closest comparison would be the chardonnays from the nearby Mâcon region.

From Washington Post

Brian Adams, the Macon attorney behind the lawsuit that fizzled in 2014, found a powerful new partner in Atlanta attorney Stacey Evans.

From ProPublica

In areas like Sumter, Perry, and Macon counties, they’re literally scrambling to come up with solutions to deliver school meals.

From Eater

If you hit it long and wrong, your ball might roll to Macon.

From Washington Post

At the hotel conference in Macon in 2001, Rollins listened to new money-raising ideas being promoted by the administration of then-Gov.

From ProPublica

Kelly G. Lambert, a neuroscientist at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, studies parenting behavior in lab animals.

From The Daily Beast

Brat will face Democrat Jack Trammell, a fellow professor at Randolph-Macon College, in November.

From The Daily Beast

Lane the lawyer will be down in Macon, heartsick that the two are still incarcerated.

From The Daily Beast

While touring the country, she encountered a talented singer from Macon who flirted with her.

From The Daily Beast

That would surely cement her star status as the toast of the Macon County church missionary club for years to come.

From The Daily Beast

We had served under him in Missouri, and our principal recollection of him was an event which occurred at Macon.

From Project Gutenberg

The surrender at Macon included a large number of small guns and a great quantity of military stores and supplies.

From Project Gutenberg

Portions of Macon and Cherokee counties are quite as favorable, both as to climate and soil, as those above described.

From Project Gutenberg

The place of Macon, Georgia, in the early part of this century was marked only by an inn.

From Project Gutenberg

In Macon, Georgia, the entire population rose at midnight, roused from their beds by rumors of an impending onslaught.

From Project Gutenberg