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Definition of Charleroi

1. Noun. City in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region.

Definition of Charleroi

1. Proper noun. The largest city of Wallonia, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charleroi

Literary usage of Charleroi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"The line to Charleroi and Namur. now diverges from that to Mons (R. 18). Carriages are sometimes changed here. 45 M. Ecaussines (Carrieres) possesses ..."

2. The Life of Wellington: The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain by Herbert Maxwell (1900)
"By the evening of the day Th~after his arrival at Beaumont, Napoleon had led his army French across the Sambre, captured Charleroi, advanced twenty miles ..."

3. The Campaign of 1914 in France and Belgium by George Herbert Perris (1915)
"On Thursday evening, August 20, the pressure to the northwest of Charleroi was perceptibly increasing. The northwest was still relatively free; ..."

4. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"214 28 Baudoux & Co., Charleroi.—White and colored window and unpolished and corrugated muslin glass, with variegated rosettes engraved and cut. ..."

5. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grandduchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"From Brussels to Charleroi via Luttre. Battle Field of Waterloo. 35 II. ... The village lies on the Brussels and Charleroi road, 3/4 M. from the station. ..."

6. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1915)
"I5th he drove the Prussian advance guard in from charleroi. Charleroi, while Wellington's officers were dancing in Brussels at the duchess of Richmond's ..."

7. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"The most westerly of Belgian roads went from Brussels through Mons; another went through Charleroi and Maubeuge, while a third followed the valley of the ..."

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