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durance

[ door-uhns, dyoor- ]

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noun

Durance

/ dyrɑ̃s /

a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)

durance

/ ˈdjʊərəns /

Origin of durance¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French. See dure ², -ance

Origin of durance¹

C15: from Old French, from durer to last, from Latin dūrāre

The two weeks of durance vile among the low castes in the steerage should be amply repaid.

Here his charge ended, he had conveyed the Land-despoiler to durance vile.

Here he was held in durance for some time, and was then brought to Paris to be tried for treason.

"The best friend Christina ever had" she would surely some day see could not have lingered in the black durance that he loathed.

But the case was very different, when Hannibal crossed from the shores of the Durance to the banks of the Po.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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