valenciennes
IPA: vʌɫˈɛnsiɛnz
Root Word: Valenciennes
noun
- A town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- A fine bobbin lace having the design made with the ground and of the same thread.
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Examples of "valenciennes" in Sentences
- Lyon's first at home was against Valenciennes.
- It is north west of Valenciennes and north east of Douai.
- By the 19th century valenciennes lace could be made by machine.
- He was appointed captain after the siege of Valenciennes in 1793.
- De Bres was executed along with many other citizens of Valenciennes.
- In the summer of 2009, he signed for Valenciennes FC for three years.
- By the 1900s little of the famous lace was still made in Valenciennes.
- As Valenciennes was not a city neither would use the term 'twin city'.
- To use up flax yarn, women began to make the famous Valenciennes lace.
- He became a shepherd for about six years working in Sebourg, near Valenciennes.
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