Saône

American  

[sohn] / soʊn /

noun

1. a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.

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Saône British  

/ son /

noun

1. a river in E France, rising in Lorraine and flowing generally south to join the Rhône at Lyon, as its chief tributary: canalized for 375 km (233 miles) above Lyon; linked by canals with the Rhine, Marne, Seine, and Loire Rivers. Length: 480 km (298 miles)

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Example Sentences

The region of Beaujolais stretches along the Saône River from the southern tip of Burgundy to Lyon, the city considered by many to be the gastronomic heart of France.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Because the structure of the district is largely made of long, parallel roads, the traboules allowed residents to access the River Saône more quickly and perpendicularly, essentially serving as a system to ease circulation.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

Jacquet explained that, during the 14th and 15th centuries, the city began to densify, and buildings began to multiply, particularly in the Vieux Lyon neighborhood, which abuts the River Saône.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

More than once, I put the phone away and walked for 30-minute stretches with no destination in mind, taking arbitrary turns until, somehow, I ended up on the banks of the Saône.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

In the pretty town of Macon, on the banks of the Saône, lived Léonie Regnault.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various