Fort Duquesne

Fort Duquesne

noun
a French fort that stood on the site of Pittsburgh, Pa.: captured in 1758 by the British in the French and Indian War.
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Du·quesne

[doo-keyn, dyoo-; for 1 also Fr. dy-ken]
noun
1.
A·bra·ham [a-bra-am] , 1610–88, French naval commander.
2.
a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River. 10,094.
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