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A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.
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A rural town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide, believed to be named by Lutheran settlers after Sedan, France.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa.
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A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
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A township in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
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A former community in South Arm Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
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A minor city in Pope County, Minnesota.
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A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
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An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
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An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, named after Sedan, Kansas.
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An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.
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An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
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An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
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An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
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Synonyms: litter
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Broader terms: litter, conveyance, vehicle, device
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An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
Synonyms: saloon
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Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle
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A handbarrow for transporting fish.
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a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
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Synonyms: saloon
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Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Narrower terms: brougham
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a closed litter for one passenger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sedan chair
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Broader terms: litter
Narrower terms: jampan
History
From French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.
The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.
Invented at Sedan in France.
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