Dauphiné
See also: dauphine
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Dauphiné
- (historical) A former province of southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
- 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:
- At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 161:
- Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.
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Related terms
- dauphinois, Dauphinois
- delphinal
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