Verdun
/və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A 16th-century form of rapier. historical
Proper Noun
- 1 A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
- 2 A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Example
More examples"At the Battle of Verdun, French forces stopped a German attack."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Named after the French town of Verdun.
Etymology 2
From French Verdun, from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) + *dūnom (“fortress”), thus literally, “manly/powerful fortress”.