Moulins

British  

/ mulɛ̃ /

noun

1. a market town in central France, on the Allier River. Pop: 21 892 (1999)

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Example Sentences

Flames engulfed the upper floors of an apartment block in the Moulins area of Nice, close to the city's airport.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

Even without the help of leadout man Mathieu van der Poel, the Alpecin–Deceuninck rider proved strongest in the frenetic last kilometer of Stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins in central France.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Les Moulins was defended by two German strong points with concrete bunkers, a 50-mm cannon, machine guns, mortars and revolving tank turrets, according to historian Peter Caddick-Adams.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

The Montmartre neighborhood in which Amélie lives is merely a cartoon sketch, and the Café des Deux Moulins where she works is commonly referred to by the characters as the "Two Windmills."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2015

General Bulfin's 2nd Brigade, which had got as far as Moulins on the 13th, set out at four o'clock on the following morning along the road to Vendresse.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.