Noyon

British  

/ nwajɔ̃ /

noun

1. a town in N France: scene of the coronations of Charlemagne (768) and Hugh Capet (987); birthplace of John Calvin. Pop: 14 471 (1999)

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Example Sentences

At a forum in Russia last week, Mongolia's Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat also requested Moscow's help with identifying and returning artefacts that were sent to Russia for research and restoration purposes one hundred years ago, including artefacts from the Hunnu dynasty 2,000 years ago excavated from the Noyon Uul burial site by Russian explorer Pyotr Kozlov in the 1920s.

From Reuters

Our first trip was to Noyon, a hundred kilometres north of Paris, where Armand’s friend Jérémie, an actor-comedian, was throwing a Bastille Day party.

From The New Yorker

Noyon had seen its share of luminaries—Charlemagne was crowned co-king of the Franks at its cathedral in 768, Calvin was born there, and through the centuries the town had fallen to Vikings, Habsburgs, and Nazis—but now it was a backwater.

From The New Yorker

“She is now part of my family,” Duchemin Noyon said.

From Los Angeles Times

“When veterans started coming back here years ago, local people used to turn out to hug and kiss them,” said local resident Francine Duchemin Noyon, whose organization Normandy Chapters arranges exchange visits for veteran men and women who served in the area during World War II. “The feeling for the American and Allied troops here remains strong, very strong.”

From Los Angeles Times