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Dinant

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Dinant (French) [dinɑ̃]
n
(Placename) a town in S Belgium, on the River Meuse below steep limestone cliffs: 11th-century citadel: famous in the Middle Ages for fine brassware, known as dinanderie: tourism, metalwork, biscuits. Pop.: 12 200 (1991)


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1814: Adolphe Sax, instrument inventor who gave his name to the saxophone, was born in Dinant, Belgium.
1814: Adolphe Sax, instrument inventor who gave his name to the saxophone, was born in Dinant, Belgium.
The most powerful of the three army groups, assembled under cover of the Ardennes forest, centered around seven Panzer divisions and was tasked to seize bridgeheads across the Meuse between Dinant and Sedan and from there to drive for the coast--thus trapping the Allied armies in northeast France and Flanders and separating them from French forces on and south of the Somme.
 
 
 
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