Besançon

[ buh-zahn-sawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Doubs, in E France: Roman ruins.

Besançon

/ bəzɑ̃sɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 117 733 (1999)

Example Sentences

But I was obliged to pass through Besancon, a fortified town, and consequently subject to the same inconvenience.

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His passage through Besancon is marked by a singular consequence in the chain of human events.

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Proudhon dedicated it, in a letter which served as the preface, to the Academy of Besancon.

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Among the thousands of fetiches of various sorts then resorted to may be named, as typical, the Holy Handkerchief of Besancon.

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As it is, the apparatus is rendering great services where it has been introduced; for example, at Besancon and Belfort.

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