Landes

[ lahnd ]

noun
  1. a department in SW France. 3,615 sq. mi. (9,365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.

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How to use Landes in a sentence

  • The desolation of the Landes is an ordered, a commercial desolation.

    A Tramp's Notebook | Morley Roberts
  • They are employed by the peasantry of the country near Bordeaux to traverse those deserts of loose sand called Landes.

    Quentin Durward | Sir Walter Scott
  • The department which borrows its name from the Landes of Gascony is divided by the Adour into two wholly dissimilar parts.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • Es wre Spanisch oder Franzsisch und dazu eines Landes minder.

British Dictionary definitions for Landes

Landes

/ (French lɑ̃d) /


noun
  1. a department of SW France, in Aquitaine region. Capital: Mont-de-Marsan. Pop: 341 254 (2003 est). Area: 9364 sq km (3652 sq miles)

  2. a region of SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: occupies most of the Landes department and parts of Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne; consists chiefly of the most extensive forest in France. Area: 14 000 sq km (5400 sq miles)

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