Le Mans

American  

[luh mahn] / lə ˈmɑ̃ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Sarthe, in NW France: auto racing.

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Le Mans British  

/ lə mɑ̃ /

noun

1. a city in NW France: scene of the first experiments in motoring and flying; annual motor race. Pop: 146 105 (1999)

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Example Sentences

Beggs, who owned a Porsche repair company, immediately hit if off with Baron, and the pair went on to compete together in the American Le Mans Series in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Audi won the Le Mans 24 Hours 13 times in 18 years from 1999 to 2016.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

In 1977, Haywood won the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

The American-made car is one of only 347 built, he said, and a Panoz once won a 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in its class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The Army of the Loire was also to proceed thither by railway by way of Le Mans, and so there would be massed in that region an army of 250,000 men.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count