Asnières
a city in N central France, near Paris.
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How to use Asnières in a sentence
Here the train stopped at the Asnières station, and two privates of the Garde Impériale got into the carriage.
In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford EdwardsShortly after, Flourens arrived by the road of Asnières, bringing hardly a thousand men.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryAt the same time his brother stormed the castle of Bécon, that commands the road from Asnières to Courbevoie.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryThe 250 Federals who occupied it held out for six hours, and the survivors fell back upon Asnières, where panic entered with them.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryThe following day our vanguard was surprised by strong detachments, and the cannon of Courbevoie battered Asnières.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. Lissagary
British Dictionary definitions for Asnières
/ (French anjɛr) /
a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 75 837 (1999)
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