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Rennes

American  
[ren] / rɛn /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.


Rennes British  
/ rɛn /

noun

  1. a city in NW France: the ancient capital of Brittany. Pop: 206 229 (1999)

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The club from the French capital were knocked off the top of the Ligue 1 table at the weekend after a 3-1 defeat away to Rennes allowed Lens to climb above them.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"Rennes had a very good match," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Rennes fired Beye on Monday and promoted his assistant Sebastien Tambouret, and the same players who had lost four games on the bounce seemed transformed.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The former Dortmund and Barcelona man praised Rennes, the club where he came to prominence a decade ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

By Rennes, the sun has dropped low over the horizon, and the smell of warm manure comes through the open windows, and lines of pollarded trees whisk past.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr