TOURAINE

Meaning of TOURAINE in English

Pronunciation: tü- ' r ā n, - ' ren

Function: geographical name

region & former province NW cen France capital Tours

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TOURAINE — geographical name region & former province NW central France capital Tours
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOURAINE — Historical region, northwestern central France. It encompassed the former province of Touraine; its capital was at Tours . In Roman …
Английский словарь Британика
TOURAINE — /too ren"/ ; Fr. /tooh rdden"/ , n. a former province in W France. Cap.: Tours.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOURAINE — geographical name region & former province NW central France capital Tours
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOURAINE — historical and cultural region encompassing the central French dpartement of Indre-et-Loire and coextensive with the former province of Touraine. The …
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TOURAINE — Historical region, northwestern central France. It encompassed the former province of Touraine; its capital was at Tours . In Roman …
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TOURAINE
Англо-Русский толковый словарь
TOURAINE — Турень
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOURAINE — пров. Турен
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOURAINE — (0) турен
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TOURAINE — пров. Турен
Англо-Русский географический словарь
TOURAINE, ALEN — соц. Турен, Ален (1925 — ; французский социолог, сторонник концепции постиндустриального общества, сфера исследований: социология труда, социально-экономические концепции общественного развития; …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
POITOU — Historical region, western central France. It was bounded by Brittany , Anjou , Touraine , Marche, and the Atlantic Ocean. …
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PHILIP II — I French Philippe known as Philip Augustus born Aug. 21, 1165, Paris died July 14, 1223, Mantes French king (1179–1223). …
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DESCARTES, RENÉ — born March 31, 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France died Feb. 11, 1650, Stockholm, Swed. French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher, considered …
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BERENGAR OF TOURS — born с 999, Tours, Touraine died Jan. 10, 1088, priory of Saint-Cosme, near Tours French theologian. He became canon of …
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VOUVRAY — vüˈvrā noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French, from Vouvray, village in Loire dept., France, where it is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHENIN — [ 'ʃəna~ \] (also ~ blanc ) ■ noun a variety of wine grape native to the Loire valley but …
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VIENNE — dpartement, Poitou-Charentes rgion, west-central France. It was created mainly from the historic province of Poitou (q.v.), and from neighbouring parts …
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VIELE-GRIFFIN, FRANCIS — born May 26, 1864, Norfolk, Va., U.S. died Nov. 12, 1937, Bergerac, Fr. pseudonym of Egbert Ludovicus Viele American-born French …
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SOREL, AGNS — born c. 1422, , Fromenteau, France died Feb. 9, 1450, Anneville mistress (144450) of King Charles VII of France, sometimes …
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RACAN, HONORAT DE BUEIL, SEIGNEUR DE — born Feb. 5, 1589, Champmarin, France died Jan. 21, 1670, Paris French poet, one of the earliest members (1635) of …
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PETER DES ROCHES — died June 1238, Farnham, Hampshire, Eng. Poitevin diplomat, soldier, and administrator, one of the ablest statesmen of his time, who …
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PARIS GUN — any of several long-range cannon produced by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 191718 during World War I. The guns …
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ORLEANS, LOUIS I, DUC D' — (duke of) born March 13, 1372, Paris died Nov. 23, 1407, Paris younger brother of King Charles VI and first …
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ODO OF CLUNY, SAINT — born c. 879, , Maine died Nov. 18, 942, Tours, Touraine ; feast day November 18 French Saint Odon, or …
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MARTIN OF TOURS, SAINT — born AD 316, , Sabaria, Pannonia [now Szombathely, Hung.] died Nov. 8, 397, Candes, Gaul ; Western feast day, November …
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MAINE-ET-LOIRE — dpartement, Pays de la Loire region, western France, created from the major part of the historic province of Anjou and …
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INDRE-ET-LOIRE — dpartement, Centre region, west-central France. Indre-et-Loire occupies most of the historic province of Touraine (q.v.) and fragments of Orlanais and …
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DESCARTES, REN — born March 31, 1596, La Haye, Touraine, Fr. died Feb. 11, 1650, Stockholm, Swed. Latin Renatius Cartesius French mathematician, scientist, …
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BOYLESVE, REN — born April 14, 1867, La Haye-Descartes, France died Jan. 14, 1926, Paris pseudonym of Ren-marie-auguste Tardiveau French novelist noted for …
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ANGEVIN EMPIRE — the territories, extending in the latter part of the 12th century from Scotland to the Pyrenees, that were ruled by …
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