Fort Duquesne


noun

a French fort that stood on the site of Pittsburgh, Pa.: captured in 1758 by the British in the French and Indian War.

Definition for fort duquesne (2 of 2)

Duquesne
[ doo-keyn, dyoo-; for 1 also French dy-ken ]
/ duˈkeɪn, dyu-; for 1 also French düˈkɛn /

noun

A·bra·ham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/,1610–88, French naval commander.
a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
Fort. Fort Duquesne.