Verdun

n. 凡尔登（法国东北部城市）；凡尔登（加拿大东南部城市）

发音

/və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/
/və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.

    凡尔登

  2. 2.

    A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

词源

From French Verdun, from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wiros (“man”) + *dūnom (“fortress”), thus literally, “manly/powerful fortress”.

来源：wiktionary