Saint-Quentin

/ (French sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛ̃) /

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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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How to use Saint-Quentin in a sentence

The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
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Great for the aspiring Quentin Tarantino, or for the aspiring next Feiffer.
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It was in Saint-Rémy where Van Gogh sends his brother word of how all his sacrifice may soon be for nothing in this life.
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Race relations in Saint Louis could hinge on the outcome of this announcement.
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Tensions are rising in Saint Louis, Mo., as race relations heat up.
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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.
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He marched to meet it with the throbbing pulses of a soldier rushing to victory or a saint to martyrdom.
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Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.
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Upon our return from this river Saint John, our route turned towards the country of the Armouchiquoys.
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