Châlons

[ sha-lawn ]

noun

1. Also called Châ·lons-sur-Marne [sh, a, -lawn-s, y, r, -, marn]. a city in and the capital of Marne, in NE France: defeat of Attila a.d. 451.
2. Also called Châ·lons-sur-Saône [sh, a, -law, n, -, syrsohn]. a city in E France, on the Saône River. 60,451.

Example Sentences

Eight years later, Tony, now divorced from Emily, returns to Chalons du Bois, the small French town where Ollie disappeared.

From Washington Post

Circuses aside, the state figures prominently in Chalons.

From BBC

Unwearied in her missionary work, she had even ventured to present the forbidden volume to Jean, Bishop of Chalons, without suffering the penalty due to her obstinacy.

From Project Gutenberg

To this pregnant question the Council of Chalons, in 813, responded by a canon forbidding such practices, and reminding the clergy that the Church should succor the needy rather than despoil them; that of Tours replied that it had made inquiry and could find no one complaining of exheredation; that of Reims prudently passed the matter over in silence; and that of Mainz promised restoration in such cases.

From Project Gutenberg

There lie a strong body of reiters on the Chalons road; and there is one man in France for whom I have much love and respect, but who is somewhat too famous for exposing himself unnecessarily.

From Project Gutenberg