Sedan

See also: sedan, Sədan, sedán, and sedän

English

Etymology

French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.

Proper noun

Sedan

1. A commune of the Ardennes department, France, notable as the site of two major battles between France and Germany.
   • 1908–1910, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, Howards End, New York, N.Y., London: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons […], published 1910, →OCLC:

     A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries.

2. A rural town in South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide.
3. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
5. A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. Named after the Battle of Sedan.
6. A tiny city in Pope County, Minnesota. USA.
7. A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, United States.
10. An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.
11. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.

References

• Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France : étymologie de 35000 noms de lieux, 4 volumes, Genève, Droz, 1990-1998, Genève, Librairie Droz, 1998

Anagrams

• Andes, DNase, Danes, Deans, Denas, Neads, Sande, Sedna, Snead, deans, nades, saden, snead