Châlons

[ sha-lawn ]

/ ʃaˈlɔ̃ /

Also called Châ·lons-sur-Marne

[sha-lawn-syr-marn] /ʃa lɔn sürˈmarn/. a city in and the capital of Marne, in NE France: defeat of Attila a.d. 451.

Also called Châ·lons-sur-Saône

[sha-lawn-syrsohn] /ʃa lɔ̃ˈsürsoʊn/. a city in E France, on the Saône River. 60,451.

Example sentences from the Web for chalons

On the journey to Reims she met some Domremy people at Chalons, and told them that she 'feared nothing but treachery.'

The Red True Story Book |Various
His retreat was masterly, and he finally crossed the Marne at Chalons.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte |John Gibson Lockhart
Several most illustrious Marriages have been celebrated in the City of Chalons.

The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III |Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
But I telegraphed to you to Chalons that we had got on the wrong train.

A Butterfly on the Wheel |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

And it was shortly after that that the telephone bell rang—the call from Chalons?

A Butterfly on the Wheel |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull