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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A historical region and former province of southeast France bordering on Italy. After 1349 it became an appanage controlled by the eldest son of the king of France.

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  • proper noun now historical A former province of southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.

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