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Dou⋅ai

[doo-ey; Fr. dwe]
–noun
a city in N France, SE of Calais. 47,570.
Also, Dou⋅ay.
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Douai 
or Douay, 1837, name of town in northern France, used elliptically in ref. to the Eng. translation of the Bible begun there late 16c., sanctioned by Roman Catholic Church. [Also called Rheims-Douai translation because it was published in Rheims in 1582]. It uses more Latinate words than the KJV.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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