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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ver•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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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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