Saint-Quentin

/ (French sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛ̃) /

noun usually abbreviated to: St-Quentin

a town in N France, on the River Somme: textile industry. Pop: 59 066 (1999)

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Words nearby Saint-Quentin

Saint Petersburg, Saint Phalle, Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Pölten, Saint-Quentin, Saint-Saëns, Saintsbury, saint's day, saintship, Saint-Simon

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Example sentences from the Web for Saint-Quentin

The night fell and all were dying with hunger, for there had been no meal since Saint-Quentin.
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle|Arvede Barine
We understood that we were to be reinforced at Saint-Quentin by a French detachment at four o'clock.
A Hilltop on the Marne|Mildred Aldrich
He led it to the siege of Saint-Quentin, a place considered as one of the bulwarks of the kingdom.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
One was of the day before a battle, I think it was Saint-Quentin.
A Hilltop on the Marne|Mildred Aldrich

At length, on the 27th of August, the enemy entered Saint-Quentin by shoals.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

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