somme
IPA: sˈɑm
Root Word: Somme
noun
- One of the départements of Picardy, now Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.
- A river in northern France.
- (history, with The) A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
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Examples of "somme" in Sentences
- Wounded at the Battle of the Somme.
- Tommo then marches off to the Somme.
- Take the battle of Somme, for example.
- Last survivor of the Battle of the Somme.
- Order of battle for the Battle of the Somme.
- The commune is separated by the river Somme.
- To the south, the marshes are crossed by the Somme.
- Somme seem to dispute the separeteness of the groups.
- He died at the age of 71 in 1822 in his chateau in the Somme.
- In September, the division fought in the Battle of the Somme.