Verdun
a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I.
a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.
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At France’s World War I battlefield at Verdun, Hupy dug meter-long trenches with a backhoe across bomb craters and in their vicinity, looking for signs of disturbance.
Russia’s invasion could cause long-term harm to Ukraine’s prized soil | Rebecca Dzombak | June 21, 2022 | Science NewsFrancois Hollande should say, like Marshal Petain at Verdun,They shall not pass… gas.
It would be unfunny, for different reasons, if set at Verdun or Gettysburg or Stalingrad.
Alistair first came into fame with his book about the Battle of Verdun, The Price of Glory.
When he had gone the detective, turning to the chauffeur, said: "I shall require you to take us to Verdun."
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
Before leaving Verdun he had seen Pierrepont enter the telegraph bureau—to dispatch a message to the Sûreté, without a doubt.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxThe allied armies entered France; Longwy surrendered on the 26th and Verdun on the 31st.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntFarther northwest are Verdun and Toul, with our American boys.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon | Newell Dwight HillisI did not see my husband for several months, and then he joined us in Nice for a few days before going to Verdun.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for Verdun
/ (French vɛrdœ̃, English ˈvɛədʌn) /
a fortified town in NE France, on the Meuse: scene of the longest and most severe battle (1916) of World War I, in which the French repelled a powerful German offensive. Pop: 19 624 (1999): Ancient name: Verodunum (ˌvɛrəˈdjuːnəm)
Treaty of Verdun an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
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