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Soissons

American  
[swa-sawn] / swaˈsɔ̃ /

noun

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


Soissons British  
/ swasɔ̃ /

noun

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

"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

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"It's an encouraging step for the class action" lawsuit to be heard next year by a court in Soissons, eastern France, said Francois Carlier, director of the CLCV.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

In July, there were more Allied gains in fighting near Soissons.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2018

The events are taking place in Soissons, Laon, Vauxaillon and Blerancourt. 011-33-323-397-217.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018

George Alexander McKinlock Jr., who was killed by a German ma-chine gun near Soissons in 1918.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, after three years, Philip, to clinch the matter, as he thought, married Agnes of Meran, daughter of a Bavarian nobleman, and shut up Ingeborg in a convent at Soissons.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg

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