Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region and former province of southern France on the Gulf of Lion. Named after the Romance language of its inhabitants, it was conquered by the Franks in the eighth century and incorporated into the French royal domain in 1271.
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- noun A former province of
France , in the south of the country. - adjective Pertaining to the
Occitan language:Provençal , related toCatalan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both Clare and Chris will be at the dreamiest holiday imaginable: discussing books in Languedoc next week.
Some reading recommendations Maxine 2007
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Both Clare and Chris will be at the dreamiest holiday imaginable: discussing books in Languedoc next week.
Some reading recommendations Maxine 2007
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Both Clare and Chris will be at the dreamiest holiday imaginable: discussing books in Languedoc next week.
July 2007 Maxine 2007
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He requested leave of absence, and went home for a time to his father's castle of Gozon, in Languedoc; and there he caused a model of the monster to be made.
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Among these passengers was a young priest named Vincent de Paul, the son of a farmer in Languedoc, who had used his utmost endeavours to educate his son for the ministry, even selling the oxen from the plough to provide for the college expenses.
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IN the time of Louis XII., the legate at Avignon being then a lord of the house of Amboise, nephew to the Legate of France, whose name was George, there was a lady in Languedoc who had an income of more than four thousand ducats.
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The whole area south of Toulouse, called Languedoc, was the seat of the Cathars whose Gnostic beliefs made them the first target of the inquisition.
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So one might approach KM Grant's Blue Flame with caution on reading that the flame is a mysterious rallying symbol for Occitania, the area now known as the Languedoc, in the south of France.
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Provincia Romana which encompassed Provence and Languedoc, that is a large part of Occitania.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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"We are keen Francophiles and love the relaxed lifestyle of the Languedoc, which is less hyper than Provence," Steven says.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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