Val-d'Oise

American  

[val-dwaz] / valˈdwaz /

noun

1. a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1,248 sq. km). Pontoise.

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Val-d'Oise British  

/ valdwaz /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Île-de-France region. Capital: Pontoise. Pop: 1 121 614 (2003 est). Area: 1249 sq km (487 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

“Deschamps has a Ferrari in his hands and never breaks the speed limit!” said Icham, a nurse from Val-d’Oise who called into French radio to bemoan Les Bleus after they beat Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alain Richard, a Socialist senator who represents the department of Val-d’Oise, which contains Beaumont, said that aside from the inadequate early statements of the local prosecutor, who has since been transferred, the system was working as intended.

From Slate

Yvan Agac, the owner of the Pepper Grill restaurant in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumone, in Val-d’Oise, described how on Saturday night at least 30 police with automatic weapons and riot shields burst into the restaurant while customers were eating.

From The Guardian

A former economics professor, Strauss-Kahn joined the Socialist party in 1976 and was elected to parliament in 1986 from the Val-d'Oise district, north of Paris.

From Salon

"Each time a cafe closes, a little bit of liberty and democracy disappears," says Henry, a 71-year-old who was suckled in his parents' Val-d'Oise cafe, north of Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive