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Verdun

ver·dun

UK/və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/ US/və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/ uncommon

noun

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a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

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

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