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Avignon

[a-vee-nyawn]

noun

a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77. 93,024.

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noun

a department in SE France. 390,446; 1382 sq. mi. (3580 sq. km). Capital: Avignon.

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Avignon (French aviɲɔ̃)

—n
	a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309--77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)

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