A wooded and hilly region of northeast France between the Meuse and Aisne rivers. The area was a major battleground during World War I.
Argonne
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Ar·gonne (är-gŏn', är'gŏn)  |
A wooded and hilly region of northeast France between the Meuse and Aisne rivers. The area was a major battleground during World War I.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Argonne |
Argonne (ärgôn'), region of the Paris basin, NE France, in Champagne and Lorraine (Meuse, Marne, and Ardennes dept.), a hilly and woody district centering around the capital, Sainte-Menehould. Thinly populated, with unimportant cultivation and only small industries, it has been of strategic significance. There, in 1792, the French repulsed the Prussians. The sector was a battleground throughout World War I. In the Allied victory drive (Sept.-Nov., 1918), the Meuse-Argonne sector was carried by the Americans.
| WordNet: Argonne |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11
Synonyms: Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation
| Wikipedia: Argonne |
Argonne can refer to several different things.
- The Forest of Argonne in France
- Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. D.O.E. National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois
- Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of Argonne Forest, a World War I battle
- Argonne, Wisconsin, a town
- USS Argonne, a U.S. Navy auxiliary ship, commissioned in 1921
- Argonne (automobile), a short-lived U.S. car company
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