Montauban

[ mawn-toh-bahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Tarn-et-Garonne, in S France, N of Toulouse.

Montauban

/ mɔ̃tobɑ̃ /

noun

1. a city in SW France: a stronghold in the 16th and 17th centuries, taken by Richelieu in 1629. Pop: 51 855 (1999)

Example Sentences

I was in the Chateau de Montauban, and I now blessed the chance which had sent me to its honoured walls.

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Marshal Montmorency placed the admiral's body in a lead coffin in his castle of Chantilly, whence he sent it to Montauban.

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Scarcely less important to the Protestants of southern France was the refuge they found in Montauban.

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One of the chief results of the deliberations at Montauban was the preparation of a petition to be laid before the king.

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In front, more than half a mile away, the ground reaches its highest point in the ridge or bank which marks the road to Montauban.

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