Soissons

[ swa-sawn ]

/ swaˈsɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for soissons

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
The next day she had a headache, but took aspirin, and pronounced herself well enough for the trip to Soissons.
Everyman's Land|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The area of the German withdrawal had spread over a front of a hundred miles from Arras in the north to Soissons in the south.
A Short History of the Great War|A. F. Pollard
Singular good taste has at all times guided the builders of Soissons.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

We were quite free to stay on in Soissons if we cared for a place temporarily so unhealthy.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb
He had ordered me to go through Sermoise, Soissons, and Senlis, little dreaming that they were all three occupied by the enemy.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard|Arthur Conan Doyle

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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