Soissons

[ swa-sawn ]

/ swaˈsɔ̃ /

a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.

Example sentences from the Web for soissons

She suffered from alcohol and drugs problems which led her to open a centre for addicts in Soissons, near Paris.

Jane Birkin's daughter Kate Barry found dead in Paris |The Telegraph |December 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The next day she had a headache, but took aspirin, and pronounced herself well enough for the trip to Soissons.

Everyman's Land |C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The area of the German withdrawal had spread over a front of a hundred miles from Arras in the north to Soissons in the south.

A Short History of the Great War |A. F. Pollard
Singular good taste has at all times guided the builders of Soissons.

How France Built Her Cathedrals |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

We were quite free to stay on in Soissons if we cared for a place temporarily so unhealthy.

The Glory of The Coming |Irvin S. Cobb
He had ordered me to go through Sermoise, Soissons, and Senlis, little dreaming that they were all three occupied by the enemy.

The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard |Arthur Conan Doyle

Soissons

/ (French swasɔ̃) /

a city in N France, on the Aisne River: has Roman remains and an 11th-century abbey. Pop: 29 453 (1999)