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avignon

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A⋅vi⋅gnon

[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.

Vau⋅cluse

[voh-klyz]
–noun
a department in SE France. 390,446; 1382 sq. mi. (3580 sq. km). Capital: Avignon.
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A·vi·gnon   (ä-vē-nyôɴ')   
A city of southeast France on the Rhone River. It was the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of several antipopes from 1378 to 1417. Population: 90,800.
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