Valenciennes

American  

[vuh-len-see-enz, va-lahn-syen] / vəˌlɛn siˈɛnz, va lɑ̃ˈsjɛn /

noun

1. a city in N France, SE of Lille.

2. Also called Val.  Also called Valenciennes lace,.  Also called Val lace.  Textiles.

   1. a flat bobbin lace of linen, worked in one piece with the same thread forming the ground and the motif.

   2. a cotton imitation of it.

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Valenciennes ¹ British  

/ ˌvælənsɪˈɛn /

noun

1. a flat bobbin lace typically having scroll and floral designs and originally made of linen, now often cotton

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Valenciennes ² British  

/ valɑ̃sjɛn /

noun

1. a town in N France, on the River Escaut: a coal-mining and heavy industrial centre. Pop: 41 278 (1999)

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Etymology

Origin of Valenciennes

1710–20, Valenciennes for def. 2

Example Sentences

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Valenciennes

For instance, in May 2024 supporters of fellow French club Troyes, part of the City Football Group, protested by throwing flares on to the pitch and getting a match against Valenciennes abandoned.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

A general view of the 585 megawatt EDF gas-fired power plant in Bouchain, near Valenciennes, France, July 7, 2022.

From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2022

He had three-goal games for Young Boys at Zurich on Feb. 3 and for Reims against Valenciennes on Dec. 16, 2017.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021

On the cusp of the season, the Galaxy made one more splash signing French winger Kévin Cabral from Valenciennes FC in France’s Ligue 2 to a young designated player contract.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021

The late Elector of Cologne liv'd at Valenciennes when I was there, the Casualties of the War having oblig'd him to quit his own Dominions.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz