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Definition of Chalons-sur-Marne
1. Noun. The battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451.
Exact synonyms: Chalons
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalons-sur-Marne
Literary usage of Chalons-sur-Marne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"REMI AT RHEIMS, AND NOTRE DAME AT Chalons-sur-Marne' There are two things for
which all the Faithful ought to resist unto blood, Justice and Liberty. ..."
2. Memoir of William Francis Bartlett by Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1878)
"From there we go up to Strasbourg, thence to Paris through the Champagne country,
stopping, perhaps, at Chalons-sur-Marne, to see the French camp. ..."
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