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AQUITAINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees

Synonyms:

Aquitaine; Aquitania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Holonyms ("Aquitaine" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When that happy day comes, said Pedro, then Spain shall be to you as Aquitaine, and, be your project what it may, you may ever count on every troop and every ship over which flies the banner of Castile.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On either side of the young prince rode the two seneschals of Aquitaine, Sir Guiscard d'Angle and Sir Stephen Cossington, the one bearing the banner of the province and the other that of Saint George.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My powerful and illustrious master, he began, Charles, King of Navarre, Earl of Evreux, Count of Champagne, who also writeth himself Overlord of Bearn, hereby sends his love and greetings to his dear cousin Edward, the Prince of Wales, Governor of Aquitaine, Grand Commander of—

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)