Belleau Wood: Meaning and Definition of

Bel'leau Wood'

Pronunciation: (bel'ō Fr. be&sylplō'), [key]
  1. a forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.
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