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Dijon

Dijon

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A city in eastern France that is the capital of the Burgundy region
  • proper noun
  • /diˈʒɒn/
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  • In his Discourse for the Academy of Dijon, Rousseau took the view that the arts and the sciences had corrupted rather than purified our morals.

He grew up in in Dijon, France and he had a fairly typical formation bright kid.

Examples

  • The historic architecture in Dijon attracts many tourists each year.

  • When I was living in Dijon, there was a girl that I loved...

    Irma la Douce (1963)

  • I have to go to Dijon to report Monday, or they'll send me back to prison.

    Les Misérables (1998)

  • During one of Bashford Dean's trips to Europe, he came across an ancient box in the corner of an attic in Dijon, France.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The landscape has rolling hills and many beautiful cities, such as Metz, Strasbourg, Nancy, and Dijon.

    Blog text (24)

  • Still more expressive, on the edge of excess, is the painting of Georges Pencz (1518) in the Magnin Museum in Dijon.

    Academic text (1992)

  • She plans to visit the famous vineyards located near Dijon in Burgundy.

  • The annual food festival in Dijon showcases the region's culinary delights.

Surface Forms

Dijon main

Etymology

Dijon the city takes its name from an old local name, Latin Divio, which likely meant 'divine' or 'sacred' in the area's older language. So the place name Dijon originally pointed to a 'special' or 'sacred' spot, and that sense stayed with the city's name.