Domrémy-la-Pucelle

[ dawn-rey-mee-la-py-sel ]

noun

1. a village in Lorraine, NE France, SW of Nancy: birthplace of Joan of Arc.

Domrémy-la-Pucelle

/ dɔ̃remilapysɛl /

noun

1. a village in NE France, in the Vosges: birthplace of Joan of Arc

Example Sentences

Just after the visit to Domrémy-la-Pucelle, where he was greeted by a small band, a line of local officials and a thin crowd of a few dozen visitors, he stopped in Vaucouleurs, where Joan is said to have begun her mission to lead the dauphin to victory.

From New York Times

Not that there’s much to see or do in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, an economically depressed village of fewer than 200 people.

From New York Times

Domrémy-la-Pucelle is a typical agricultural village of Eastern France.

From Project Gutenberg

There a carriage can be had for Domrémy, and with a luncheon-basket a summer's day may be most agreeably spent between Neufchâteau and the little station of Domrémy-Maxey-sur-Meuse, at which point, about three miles beyond Domrémy-la-Pucelle, you may strike the railway which leads to Nancy.

From Project Gutenberg

Very near Domrémy-la-Pucelle, a resident of the country, M. Sédille, has built, on a fine hill overlooking the valley of the Meuse, a small chapel adorned with a group representing the Maiden kneeling before her Saints and the Archangel.

From Project Gutenberg