Saint-Denis

/ (French sɛ̃dni) /


nounusually abbreviated to: St-Denis
  1. a town in N France, on the Seine: 12th-century Gothic abbey church, containing the tombs of many French monarchs; an industrial suburb of Paris. Pop: 85 832 (1999)

  2. the capital of the French overseas region of Réunion, a port on the N coast. Pop: 131 557 (1999)

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How to use Saint-Denis in a sentence

  • He died at Chantilly in his eighty-second year during the absence of both his son and his daughter, and was buried at Saint-Denis.

    Chantilly in History and Art | Louise M. Richter