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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of northeast France on the Meuse River near the Belgian border. It was the site of the decisive defeat and surrender of Napoleon III (September 2, 1870) in the Franco-Prussian War.

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  • I was ecstatic when I discovered my dad's naissance record in Sedan and my grandparents mariage record in Paris.

    livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Subaru The WRX STI Limited Sedan is equipped with variable valve timing, six-speed manual transmission, permanent all-wheel drive with front and rear limited-slip differentials and adjustable bias limited-slip center differential.

    Spoiler Alert: The Subaru WRX STI 2010

  • The current price for a new VW Sedan is about 8k USD in Mexico. (this is what we used to call the old VW Beetle).

    Car Talk 1919

  • : The current price for a new VW Sedan is about 8k USD in Mexico. (this is what we used to call the old VW Beetle).

    Car Talk 1919

  • With regards to Napoleon III, whatever else he was, he was incompetent militarily as evidenced by his army getting trapped in Sedan.

    Matthew Yglesias » Kristol Complicates Napoleon Metaphors 2010

  • With regards to Napoleon III, whatever else he was, he was incompetent militarily as evidenced by his army getting trapped in Sedan.

    Matthew Yglesias » Kristol Complicates Napoleon Metaphors 2010

  • Such was the victory of Tannenberg -- an immensely successful example of that enveloping movement which the Germans regarded as their peculiar inheritance; a victory in nature recalling Sedan, and upon a scale not inferior to that battle.

    A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • "They are somewhere near a little place called Sedan," said the baroness.

    The Isle of Unrest Henry Seton Merriman 1882

  • It is proper to add that Sedan, which is very straitlaced in its notions of propriety, has always been inclined to frown on Charleville, the city of laughter and levity.

    The Downfall ��mile Zola 1871

  • Electric-car manufacturer Coda announced the start of production of its all-electric Sedan, which is now available for preorder online at a base price of $39,900.

    NYDN Rss 2011

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