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A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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noun
A 16th-century form of rapier.
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Usage: historical
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noun
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: battle of Verdun
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Broader terms: pitched battle
History
From French Verdun, from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) + *dūnom (“fortress”), thus literally, “manly/powerful fortress”.
Named after the French town of Verdun.
Across languages
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