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Verdun.

A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.

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name/və(ɹ)ˈdʌn//və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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