Verdun

From French Verdun, from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) + *dūnom (“fortress”), thus literally, “manly/powerful fortress”.

• IPA^(key): /və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/, /və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Verdun

1. A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
2. A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Inherited from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish.

• (France) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [vaɛ̯ʁ̥.dœ̃˞]

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Verdun m

1. Verdun (a small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France)

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