Soissons

[ swa-sawn ]

/ swaˈsɔ̃ /

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noun

a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.

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How to use Soissons in a sentence

She suffered from alcohol and drugs problems which led her to open a centre for addicts in Soissons, near Paris.
Jane Birkin's daughter Kate Barry found dead in Paris|The Telegraph|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He lived in a house belonging to her, the hotel de Soissons; she made him her supreme adviser.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
Again the brothers glanced at each other with a look which said: "The hotel de Soissons is inviolable."
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
Half-way between (p. 258) Soissons and Compigne were pitched three splendid pavilions.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

On the twenty-sixth her cortge, having passed by way of Strasburg, was moving toward Soissons.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Through the courtesy of friends who are members of the French Government we bore special passes admitting us to the Soissons area.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for Soissons

Soissons

/ (French swasɔ̃) /

noun

a city in N France, on the Aisne River: has Roman remains and an 11th-century abbey. Pop: 29 453 (1999)

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