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Se·dan  (s-dn, s-dä)

A town of northeast France on the Meuse River near the Belgian border. It was the site of the decisive defeat and surrender of Napoleon III (September 2, 1870) in the Franco-Prussian War. Population: 20,300.

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se·dan  (s-dn)

n.

1. A closed automobile having two or four doors and a front and rear seat.

2. A portable enclosed chair for one person, having poles in the front and rear and carried by two other people. Also called sedan chair.

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[Origin unknown.]

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sedan [sɪˈdæn]

n

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the US, Canadian, and NZ name for a saloon [5]

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) short for sedan chair

[of uncertain origin; compare Latin sēdēs seat]

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Sedan (French) [sədɑ̃ (English) sɪˈdæn]

n

(Placename) a town in NE France, on the River Meuse: passed to France in 1642; a Protestant stronghold (16th-17th centuries); scene of a French defeat (1870) during the Franco-Prussian War and of a battle (1940) in World War II, which began the German invasion of France. Pop.: 22 400 (1990)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sedan - a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors saloon brougham - a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
	2.	sedan - a closed litter for one passenger     sedan chair jampan - a kind of sedan chair used in India litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

Translations

sedan [sɪˈdæn] N

1. (also sedan chair) → silla f de manos

2. (US) (Aut) → sedán m

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sedan [sɪˈdæn] n (US) (= car) → berline f
sedan chair n → chaise f à porteurs

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sedan

n

(also sedan chair) → Sänfte f

(US Aut) → Limousine f

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sedan [sɪˈdæn] n (Am) (Aut) → berlina

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sedan [sɪˈdæn] n (Am) (Aut) → berlina

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sedan

n sedan [siˈdӕn]

(American) a covered car for four or more people. sedan سَيّارةٌ كَبيرَةٌ لأربَع أشْخاص أو أكْثَر седан sedan sedan die Limousine κλειστό επιβατικό αυτοκίνητο sedán sedaan اتومبيل چهاردر sedan berline מְכוֹנִית מִשפָּחתִית पालकी, डोली limuzina sedan sedan lokuð fólksbifreið berlina 乗用車 세단 sedanas, limuzinas sedans, limuzīns sedan sedan sedan, personbil limuzyna sedA berlină седан sedan limuzina sedan sedan รถยนต์เก๋งสองตอนขนาดย่อม มีสองหรือสี่ประตู binek otomobil (美國)轎車 седан چار یا زیادہ بیٹھنے والوں کے لیے بند موٹرکار ô tô mui kín 私家轿车

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Sedan → سيارة صالون, صالون osobní vůz bar, sedan Limousine αυτοκίνητο σεντάν, σαλούν coche turismo, salón, sedán henkilöauto, salonkivaunu bar, berline automobil s dvoja ili četvera vrata i fiksnim krovom, bar bar, berlina セダン 승용차 sedan, zaal salong, sedan limuzyna, salon bar, berlina, carro sedã бар, седан salong, sedan บาร์คุณภาพสูง, รถเก๋งที่มีสองหรือสี่ประตู salon, sedan araba ô tô con, ô tô con mui kín hai hoặc bốn cửa 会客室, 轿车