Dauphiné
English
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editBorrowed from French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphinatus.
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editDauphiné
- (historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
- 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:
- At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161:
- Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.
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editformer province of France
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French
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editFrom Latin Delphinātus.
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editDauphiné m
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editGerman
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editBorrowed from French Dauphiné.
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editDauphiné
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