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Valenciennes

UK/ˌvælənsiˈɛn/US/vəˌlɛnsiˈɛn/

Valenciennes proper noun: a town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Proper noun

Valenciennes

  1. A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Noun

Valenciennes (uncountable)

  1. A fine bobbin lace having the design made with the ground and of the same thread.
    • For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon.1870, The Ladies' Treasury and Treasury of Literature, page 93
    • Rosamond contented herself without the very highest style of embroidery and Valenciennes.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book IV, chapter 36

Valenciennes meaning in Tamil

Valenciennes in Tamil

உயர்ந்த வேலைச் சரிகைத் தொங்கல்

Phrases with Valenciennes

Questions about Valenciennes

What does Valenciennes mean?
Valenciennes means a town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
What is Valenciennes in Tamil?
Valenciennes in Tamil is உயர்ந்த வேலைச் சரிகைத் தொங்கல். See Valenciennes meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Valenciennes?
Valenciennes can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Valenciennes?
Valenciennes is pronounced /ˌvælənsiˈɛn/ (UK).

Words near Valenciennes in the dictionary

  1. Valenciano
  2. Valencianos
  3. Valencians
  4. valencias
  5. valenciaxanthin
  6. Valenciennes
  7. Valenciennes lace
  8. Valenciennes laces
  9. valencies
  10. valency
  11. Valengin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Valenciennes (page history and authors); valenciennes (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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