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St. Quentin

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[seynt kwen-tn, san kahn-tan] / ˌseɪnt ˈkwɛn tn, sɛ̃ kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in N France, on the Somme: retaken from the Germans 1918.


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Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie.

From Washington Post

On one of those islands, Île St.-Quentin, park managers seasonally flood a two-kilometer, or about 1.25 mile, ice-skating path.

From New York Times

Do not look expectantly at Péronne and St. Quentin and demand a daily sensation.

From The Guardian

The great high road which drives straight at Péronne was as firm and smooth as in the days we travelled it to the old British trenches at St. Quentin.

From The Guardian

The St Quentin Scar is a Conquest map, taking up acres of rolling countryside around the beautiful village of Travecy in northern France.

From The Guardian