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Rhone

  [rohn]
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–noun
1. a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 mi. (810 km) long.
2. a department in E Central France: wine-growing region. 1,429,647; 1104 sq. mi. (2860 sq. km). Capital: Lyons.
French, Rhône  [rohn] .
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Rhone or Rhône   (rōn)   
A river rising in the Alps of south-central Switzerland and flowing about 813 km (505 mi) west-southwest and northwest to Lake Geneva then into eastern France, where it joins the Saône River at Lyon and continues southward to the Mediterranean Sea.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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