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ARDENNES

• ARDENNES (noun)
The noun ARDENNES has 1 sense:

1. a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II

Familiarity information: ARDENNES used as a noun is very rare.

• ARDENNES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)

Domain member region:

Ardennes counteroffensive; Battle of the Ardennes Bulge; Battle of the Bulge (a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise)

Holonyms ("Ardennes" is a part of...):

Champagne; Champagne-Ardenne (a region of northeastern France)

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