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| 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. |
| Somme (sŏm, sôm) A river, about 241 km (150 mi) long, of northern France flowing west and northwest to the English Channel. Tanks were first used in warfare during the devastating Battle of the Somme (1916). |