We derive an effective action combining chiral and heavy-quark symmetr
y, using approximate bosonization techniques to QCD-inspired models of
spontaneous symmetry breaking. We explicitly show that the heavy-quar
k limit is compatible with the large N(c) (number of color) limit in t
he meson sector, and estimate the couplings between the light and heav
y mesons (D, D,...) and their chiral partners to order one in the hea
vy-quark mass. The relevance of this effective action to solitons with
heavy quarks is briefly discussed.