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Caen
(kän)
chief city of Basse-Normandie, NW France: pop. 113,000
See Caen in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of northern France southwest of Le Havre. A Huguenot stronghold in the 16th and 17th centuries, it is the burial place of William the Conqueror. Population: 109,000.
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