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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope