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St.-Mihiel

[ san-mee-yel ]
/ sɛ̃ miˈyɛl /

noun

a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.

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Examples from the Web for saint-mihiel

  • From there they pushed on to Saint-Mihiel and entered the town, without however being able to cross the Meuse.

    Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for saint-mihiel

Saint-Mihiel

/ (French sɛ̃mjɛl) /

noun usually abbreviated to: St-Mihiel

a village in NE France, on the River Meuse: site of a battle in World War I, in which the American army launched its first offensive in France
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012