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What does Somme mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Somme? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. One of the départements of Picardy, France
  2. A river of northern France
  3. (the) A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area
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Unlike Verdun, which the French quickly covered with a bell jar of remembrance, the Somme was pretty much rebuilt, monumented, or plowed under.
In 1916, tanks were first used in battle as the Battle of the Somme began in France.
I do the Scottish Lilt either to the Battle of the Somme or to original tunes.
Road sign on the D929 just before Pozières indicating the position of the front line on 1 September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme.
Then he scratches battlefields in the dirt with a stick, and puts his Battle of the Somme between the sweet gum trees.
The Germans launched at least 330 counter-attacks during the 1916 battle of the Somme.

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