Carcassonne

[ kar-ka-sawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Aude, in S France: medieval fortifications.

Carcassonne

/ karkasɔn /

noun

1. a city in SW France: extensive remains of medieval fortifications. Pop: 43 950 (1999)

Example Sentences

For Gastou, a decorative art and antiques dealer who died in 2020 at age 72, the house, with its faded pale blue cement facade and roughly 40-foot-tall turret, fulfilled romantic fantasies of knights and fortified towers that had taken root during childhood trips to Carcassonne; he grew up near that medieval walled city in Limoux.

From New York Times

He drove the teenager to Revel, just outside Carcassonne, and left him with local gendarmes who checked his identity and took him to Toulouse before his journey back to the UK was arranged.

From BBC

He drove to Revel, just outside Carcassonne, and left him with the local gendarmes who checked his identity and he is now in Toulouse in the hands of French authorities.

From BBC

The company announced a partnership this March with Catan publisher Asmodee that could lead to other popular board games coming to Tilt Five, too; Asmodee also publishes Ticket to Ride, Gloomhaven, Carcassonne, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic, and others.

From The Verge

CARCASSONNE, France — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint on Sunday as Jonas Vingegaard kept the leader’s yellow jersey.

From Washington Post