Somme

Somme  (sm, sôm)

A river, about 241 km (150 mi) long, of northern France flowing west and northwest to the English Channel. Tanks were first used in warfare during the devastating Battle of the Somme (1916).

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Somme (French) [sɔm]

n

1. (Placename) a department of N France, in Picardy region. Capital: Amiens. Pop.: 555 551 (1999). Area: 6277 sq. km (2448 sq. miles)

2. (Placename) a river in N France, rising in Aisne department and flowing west to Amiens, then northwest to the English Channel: scene of heavy fighting in World War I. Length: 245 km (152 miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Somme - battle of World War II (1944)         Battle of the Somme, Somme River Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
	2.	Somme - battle in World War I (1916) Battle of the Somme, Somme River First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

Translations

Somme [sɒm] N → Somme m
the Battle of the Somme → la batalla del Somme