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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A wooded plateau of northern France, southeast Belgium, and northern Luxembourg east and south of the Meuse River. It was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I and World War II, culminating in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World Wars I and II.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun One of the départements of Champagne-Ardenne, France (INSEE code 08)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II

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