St.-Mihiel

[ san-mee-yel ]
/ sɛ̃ miˈyɛl /

noun

a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.

Example sentences from the Web for saint-mihiel

  • From there they pushed on to Saint-Mihiel and entered the town, without however being able to cross the Meuse.

British Dictionary definitions for saint-mihiel

Saint-Mihiel
/ (French sɛ̃mjɛl) /

noun usually abbreviated to: St-Mihiel

a village in NE France, on the River Meuse: site of a battle in World War I, in which the American army launched its first offensive in France