[am-ee-uh
nz; Fr. a-myan] 
| a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 135,992. |
[sawm] | 1. | a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 mi. (241 km) long. |
| 2. | a department in N France. 538,462; 2424 sq. mi. (6280 sq. km). Capital: Amiens. |
| Am·i·ens (ām'ē-ənz, ä-myāɴ') A city of northern France on the Somme River north of Paris. Settled in pre-Roman times, it has been a textile center since the Middle Ages. The city's Gothic cathedral is the largest church in France. Population: 136,000. |