Douai
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Dou·ai
(do͞o-ā′) Formerly Dou·ay (do͞o-ā′) A town of northern France northeast of Amiens. Under the patronage of Philip II of Spain, a Roman Catholic college for English priests was established here. It produced an English translation of the Bible in the late 1500s and early 1600s.
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Douai
(ˈduːeɪ; French dwɛ)n
(Placename) an industrial city in N France: the political and religious centre of exiled English Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries. Pop: 42 796 (1999)
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Dou•ai
or Dou•ay
(duˈeɪ)n.
a city in N France, SE of Calais. 44,515.
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