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{{also|valenciennes}}

==English==

{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|en|/ˌvælənsiˈɛn/|/ˌvælənsiˈɛnz/|a=UK}}

* {{IPA|en|/vəˌlɛnsiˈɛn/|a=US}}

===Proper noun===

{{en-proper noun}}

'''Valenciennes'''

# A {{place|en|town in the region of [[|dept/Nord]], in the north|r/Hauts-east of [[de-France|c/France]]}}.

====Translations====

{{trans-top|town}}

*Dutch: [[Valencijn]]

* Catalan: {{t|ca|Valencianes|f}}

*Latin: [[Valentianae]]

* Dutch: {{t|nl|Valencijn|n}}, {{t|nl|Valenciennes|n}}

* French: {{t+|fr|Valenciennes|f}}

* Japanese: {{t|ja|ヴァランシエンヌ|tr=Varanshiennu}}, {{t|ja|ヴァランシエン|tr=Varanshien}}

* Latin: [[{{t|la|Valentianae]]|f}}

* Occitan: {{t|oc|Valencianas|f}}

* Picard: {{t|pcd|Valinciennes|f}}, {{t|pcd|Valincyinnes|f}}

* West Frisian: {{t|fy|Falensyn|n}}, {{t|fy|Valenciennes|n}}

{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===

{{en-noun|-}}

# A fine [[bobbin lace]] having the [[design]] made with the [[ground]] and of the same [[thread]].

#* {{quote-text|en|year=1870|title=The Ladies' Treasury and Treasury of Literature|page=93

|passage=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.}}

#* {{quote-text|en|year=1872|author=w:George Eliot|title=Middlemarch|section=Book IV, chapter 36

|passage=Rosamond contented herself without the very highest style of embroidery and '''Valenciennes'''.}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===

* {{fr-IPA}}

* {{audio|fr|Fr-Valenciennes.ogg}}

* {{audio|fr|ValenciennesNPDC.ogg}}

===Proper noun===

{{fr-proper noun|f}}

# [[Valenciennes#English|Valenciennes]]

[[Category:Towns]]