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Vincennes

[ vin-senz; French van-sen ]

noun

  1. a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
  2. a city in N France, near Paris.


Vincennes

/ vɪnˈsɛnz; vɛ̃sɛn /

noun

  1. a suburb of E Paris: 14th-century castle. Pop: 43 595 (1999)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

There had been a great chase commanded in the Bois de Vincennes, for M. de Monsoreau to enter on his functions of chief huntsman.

Harrison's troops helped themselves to what they wanted, burned the deserted town, and returned to Vincennes with rapid marches.

Tecumseh sent the Governor a brief, friendly reply, in which he promised to go to Vincennes himself in a short time.

M. Jacobson had selected the sword, and would fight that very hour, in the woods of Vincennes.

It was not easy to tame the rude defiance of Vincennes, or give facility to the reserved and guarded approaches of Gaillon.

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