Rouen
pronunciation
How to pronounce Rouen in British English:
UK [ˈru:əŋ]
How to pronounce Rouen in American English:
US [ruˈɑn, -ˈɑŋ]
Word Origin
- Rouen
- city in northern France, Roman Rotomagus, in which the second element is Gaulish magos "field, market," and the first is roto "wheel," perhaps reflecting the Gaulish love of chariot-racing, or else it is a personal name.
Example
- 1. Rouen cathedral was immortalized by monet in his paintings .
- 2. There is the cathedral of rouen , which would be entirely gothic if it did not bathe the tip of its central spire in the zone of the renaissance .
- 3. I go to rouen four times a month .
- 4. I have to go to rouen on business .
- 5. Rouen is a french initiative to return the first city .