Vincennes

[ vin-senz; French van-sen ]

noun

1. a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
2. a city in N France, near Paris.

Vincennes

/ vɪnˈsɛnz; vɛ̃sɛn /

noun

1. a suburb of E Paris: 14th-century castle. Pop: 43 595 (1999)

Example Sentences

There had been a great chase commanded in the Bois de Vincennes, for M. de Monsoreau to enter on his functions of chief huntsman.

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Harrison's troops helped themselves to what they wanted, burned the deserted town, and returned to Vincennes with rapid marches.

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Tecumseh sent the Governor a brief, friendly reply, in which he promised to go to Vincennes himself in a short time.

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M. Jacobson had selected the sword, and would fight that very hour, in the woods of Vincennes.

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It was not easy to tame the rude defiance of Vincennes, or give facility to the reserved and guarded approaches of Gaillon.

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