Franche-Comté
a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
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How to use Franche-Comté in a sentence
In the month of August he went to Franche-Comte, where he spent a month.
What is Property? | P. J. ProudhonBesancon still kept the enemy in check, and the latter had their revenge by ravaging Franche Comte.
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1 | Guy de MaupassantI took refuge in Franche-Comte at first, and there I lived for some time by the toil of my hands.
Les Misrables | Victor HugoPichegru belonged to an agricultural family of Franche-Comte.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de BourrienneHe repaired this disgrace by a second conquest, in person, of Franche-Comte, which this time was preserved by France.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete | Duc de Saint-Simon
British Dictionary definitions for Franche-Comté
/ (French frɑ̃ʃkɔ̃te) /
a region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th century ad –1137); autonomous as the Free County of Burgundy (1137–1384); under Burgundian rule again (1384–1477) and Hapsburg rule (1493–1674); annexed by France (1678)
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