Noyon

/ nwajɔ̃ /

noun

1. a town in N France: scene of the coronations of Charlemagne (768) and Hugh Capet (987); birthplace of John Calvin. Pop: 14 471 (1999)

Example Sentences

Born in 1794, the seventh child of an insignificant bourgeois of Noyon.

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It is a noticeable fact that Picardy (Arras and Noyon) furnished both these instruments of reformation!

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More refugees were coming into the town in a long dismal procession from Chauny and Ham and Noyon and scores of smaller places.

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Regiments were being rushed up to the centre of the allied forces toward Creil, Montdidier, and Noyon.

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Noyon is not down in the itineraries of many guide-book tourists, which is a pity for them.

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