Verdun

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Verdun

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/, /və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/
Rhymes: -ʌn

Proper noun edit

Verdun

A small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Translations edit

city in Meuse

Chinese:
Mandarin: 凡爾登／凡尔登 (zh) (Fán'ěrdēng)
French: Verdun (fr) m
German: Verdun (de) n
Japanese: ヴェルダン (Vuerudan)
Latin: Virodunum n, Verodunum n

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish.

Pronunciation edit

(France) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [vaɛ̯ʁ̥.dœ̃˞]

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Proper noun edit

Verdun m

Verdun (a small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)

Derived terms edit

verdunois

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