Associations to the word «Somme»

Wiktionary

SOMME, proper noun. One of the départements of Picardy, France
SOMME, proper noun. A river of northern France
SOMME, proper noun. (history, with The) A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area

Dictionary definition

SOMME, noun. Battle of World War II (1944).
SOMME, noun. Battle in World War I (1916).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley