FRANCHE-COMTE

Meaning of FRANCHE-COMTE in English

Pronunciation: ˌ frä n sh-k ō n - ' t ā

Function: geographical name

region & former county & province E France E of the Saône capital Besançon ― see BURGUNDY

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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — geographical name region & former county & province E France E of the Saône capital Besançon
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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — Région (pop., 1999: 1,117,100), east-central France. It covers 6,256 sq mi (16,202 sq km), and its capital is Besançon. Included …
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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — /frddahonnsh kawonn tay"/ , n. a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — geographical name region & former county & province E France E of the Saône capital Besançon — see burgundy
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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — Région (pop., 1999: 1,117,100), east-central France. It covers 6,256 sq mi (16,202 sq km), and its capital is Besançon. Included …
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FRANCHE-COMTÉ — Франш-Конте
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FRANCHE — County: Hereford and Worcester Post Code: DY11
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COMTE — biographical name Auguste 1798-1857 in full Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier French mathematician & philosopher
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COMTE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Comte Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Saint Simon …
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COMTE — kōōⁿt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Late Latin comit-, comes — more at count : count III
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COMTE — /kawonnt/ ; Fr. /kawonnt/ , n. (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) /ee zee dawrdd" oh gyuust" mann rddee" frddahonn swann"/ , …
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COMTE — /kawonnt/ , n. , pl. comtes /kawonnt/ . French. count 2 .
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COMTE — n. (French) count, title of nobility equal to that of an earl (ranked below marquis and higher than viscount)
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COMTE — n. family name; Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher, founder of positivism
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COMTE — biographical name Auguste 1798-1857 in full Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier French mathematician & philosopher
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COMTE — Comte BrE AmE kɒnt kɔːnt AmE koʊnt —French [ kɔ̃ːt \]
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COMTE — n. Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Comte Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Saint Simon Claude Henri de Rouvroy comte …
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COMTE — (французское) граф
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COMTÉ — County
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COMTE — Граф
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COMTE — n фр. граф
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COMTE — (n) граф
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COMTE — n фр. граф
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COMTE — n фр. граф
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COMTE — n. граф
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COMTE — n. граф
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COMTE — (французское) граф
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COMTE, (ISIDORE-) AUGUSTE (-MARIE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER) — born Jan. 19, 1798, Montpellier, France died Sept. 5, 1857, Paris French thinker, the philosophical founder of sociology and of …
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FRANCHE-COMT — rgion compassing the eastern French dpartements of Jura, Doubs, Haute-Sane, and the Territoire de Belfort. The capital is Besanon. The …
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FALLOUX, FRDRIC-ALFRED-PIERRE, COMTE DE — (count of ) born May 11, 1811, Angers, Fr. died Jan. 6, 1886, Angers French political figure and monarchist who …
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COMTE, AUGUSTE — in full Isidore-auguste-marie-franois-xavier Comte born Jan. 19, 1798, Montpellier, France died Sept. 5, 1857, Paris French philosopher known as the …
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LOUIS XI — born July 3, 1423, Bourges, France died Aug. 30, 1483, Plessis-les-Tours King of France (1461–83). He plotted against his father, …
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DEVOLUTION, WAR OF — (1667–68) Conflict between France and Spain over possession of the Spanish Netherlands . Louis XIV began the war on the …
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FRANCHISE — I. ˈfranˌchīz, -raan- sometimes -īs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from franchir to free, from …
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FREESTONE — /free"stohn'/ , n. 1. a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and …
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COMTIAN — /kom"tee euhn, kawonn"-/ , adj. 1. Also, Comtean . of or pertaining to the philosophy of Auguste Comte. n. 2. …
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BURGUNDY — geographical name or French Bour·gogne bür-ˈgȯnʸ 1. region & with varying limits former kingdom, duchy, & province E France S …
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FRANCHISE — [ 'fran(t)ʃʌɪz ] ■ noun 1》 an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling …
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ENFRANCHISE — [ ɪn'fran(t)ʃʌɪz , ɛn- ] ■ verb 1》 give the right to vote to. 2》 historical free (a slave). Derivatives …
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POSITIVISM — in philosophy, generally, any system that confines itself to the data of experience and excludes a priori or metaphysical speculations. …
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POLITICAL SCIENCE — the systematic study of government processes by the application of scientific methods of analysis. More narrowly and more traditionally, it …
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY — branch of philosophy that is concerned, at the most abstract level, with the concepts and arguments involved in political opinion. …
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DEPARTEMENT — largest unit of local government in France and in some former French colonies. The dpartements were originally created in 1790. …
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VOSGES — massif extending west of the Rhine River Valley in the Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Vosges dpartements of eastern France. Of ancient …
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VESOUL — town, capital of Haute-Sane dpartement, Franche-Comt region, eastern France. It lies between the isolated conical hill, La Motte (1,263 ft …
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RUDOLF I — also called Rudolf Of Habsburg born May 1, 1218, Limburg-im-Breisgau died July 15, 1291, Speyer first German king of the …
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POSITIVISM — in philosophy, generally, any system that confines itself to the data of experience and excludes a priori or metaphysical speculations. …
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PONCET, CHARLES-JACQUES — born , Franche-Comt died 1706, Persia French resident pharmacist in Cairo known for the account of his travels in Ethiopia, …
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PHILIP II — born 382 BC died 336, Asia Minor byname Philip Of Macedon 18th king of Macedonia (359-336 BC), who restored internal …
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NIJMEGEN, TREATIES OF — Nijmegen also spelled Nimwegen, peace treaties of 167879 that ended the Dutch War (q.v.), in which France had opposed Spain …
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MONTBLIARD — town, Doubs dpartement, Franche-Comt region, eastern France, between the Vosges and the Jura mountains, 11 mi (17 km) from the …
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MONTAUSIER, CHARLES DE SAINT-MAURE, DUC DE — (duke of) born Oct. 6, 1610 died Nov. 17, 1690, Paris French army officer, man of letters and chief tutor …
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MERCY, FRANZ, FREIHERR VON — born c. 1590, , Longwy, Duchy of Bar died Aug. 3, 1645, Alerheim, Swabia (baron of), Mercy also spelled Merci …
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LOW COUNTRIES, HISTORY OF — Among the many territorial principalities of the Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut-Holland, and Gelderland (Guelders) in the mid-14th century had …
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LOUIS XVIII — born Nov. 17, 1755, Versailles, Fr. died Sept. 16, 1824, Paris also called (until 1795) Louis-stanislas-xavier, Comte (count) De Provence …
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LONS-LE-SAUNIER — town, capital of Jura dpartement, Franche-Comt rgion, eastern France, south-southeast of Dijon. Located at 846 feet (258 m) above sea …
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LITTR, (MAXIMILIEN-)PAUL-MILE — born Feb. 1, 1801, Paris died June 2, 1881, Paris French language scholar, lexicographer, and philosopher whose monumental Dictionnaire de …
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JURA — fourth largest island of the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, Scotland. It is 27 …
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HAUTE-SANE — dpartement, Franche-Comt rgion, eastern France. It was created from the northern part of the historic province of Franche-Comt. Haute-Sane is …
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FEBVRE, LUCIEN PAUL VICTOR
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DOUBS — dpartement, Franche-Comt region, eastern France, on the Swiss frontier, created from the Alsatian principality of Montbliard (q.v.) and part of …
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DOLE — also spelled Dle, town, Jura dpartement, Franche-Comt region, eastern France. The town lies along the Doubs River and the Rhine-Rhne …
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CONGREVE, RICHARD — born Sept. 4, 1818, Leamington, Warwickshire, Eng. died July 5, 1899, London Positivist philosopher, a disciple of Auguste Comte and …
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CHARLES X — born Oct. 9, 1757, Versailles, Fr. died Nov. 6, 1836, Gorizia, Friuli also called (until 1824) Charles-philippe, Comte (count) D'artois, …
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