Orne

[ awrn ]

noun

1. a department in NW France. 2,372 sq. mi. (6,145 sq. km). : Alençon.

Orne

/ ɔrn /

noun

1. a department of NW France, in Basse-Normandie. Capital: Alençon. Pop: 291 274 (2003 est). Area: 6144 sq km (2396 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The unit was part of an operation charged with securing bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal so they could be used by Allied forces moving inland from the Normandy beaches.

From Seattle Times

The Borrego Art Institute and Kesling’s Kitchen on Palm Canyon Drive, for instance, share a long, low, glass-walled building designed in 1951 by William Kesling and updated from 2011 to 2013 by Richard Orne.

From Los Angeles Times

Kitty Orne, the owner of a 1978 model retrofitted as a photo booth for events, found this out the hard way when she got it caught on a beach in Wales, U.K., as the tide came in, according to SWNS.

From Fox News

Orne had brought the classic custom pink van on the sand for a promotional shoot and put it on a trailer, but the tow vehicle got stuck and couldn’t be freed before both were engulfed by several feet of water, Orne’s company explained.

From Fox News

In it she said masked men burst into the property in Orne Gardens in January 2017 and threatened her with a pick axe before she chased them away.

From BBC