Perpignan

[ per-pee-nyahn ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales, in the S extremity of France.

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How to use Perpignan in a sentence

  • By September the enemy had opened their trenches round Perpignan, and Prignon was entrusted with a night sortie.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • At the age of sixteen she served, under the name of Captain Loys, in the campaign of 1542, which ended in the siege of Perpignan.

British Dictionary definitions for Perpignan

Perpignan

/ (French pɛrpiɲɑ̃) /


noun
  1. a town in S France: historic capital of Roussillon. Pop: 105 115 (1999)

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