Belleau Wood

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɛləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bel′ō; Fr. be lō′)


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Bel′leau Wood′  (bel′ō; Fr. be lō′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Place Names, Governmenta forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Belleau Wood / ˈbɛləʊ bɛlo/
  1. a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris

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