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dauphine
1[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]
Dauphiné
2[ doh-fee-ney ]
noun
- a historical region and former province of SE France.
Dauphiné
1/ dofine /
noun
- a former province of SE France: its rulers, the Counts of Vienne, assumed the title of dauphin; annexed to France in 1457
dauphine
2/ dofin; ˈdɔːfiːn; dɔːˈfiːn; ˈdɔːfɪnɪs /
noun
- French history the wife of a dauphin
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We are in the hands of the army, M. le Comte, and in the Dauphiné; alas!
Cantal possesses three of them, Hérault five, Burgundy two—no more, while Dauphiné reckons for itself alone up to fifteen marvels.
Satisfied that he has done the right thing, he finally goes back to his quarters in the Hotel du Dauphiné close to the ramparts.
Its origin has been traced to the mountain people of the Dauphiné called Gavots—whence its name.
Dauphiné behaved well; and I am particularly pleased to know that her people wept when they saw, once more, the gray overcoat.
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