Verdun

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsFrench: /vɛrdœ̃/, English: /ˈvɛədʌn/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ver dun′, vûr-; Fr. ve d′)

Ver•dun (ver dun′, vûr-; Fr. ver dœn′),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesa 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. 26,927.
Place Namesa city in S Quebec, in SE Canada. 68,013.

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Verdun /French: vɛrdœ̃; English: ˈvɛədʌn/ n

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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