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Definition of Aquitaine

1. Noun. A region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees.

Definition of Aquitaine

1. Proper noun. A région of France. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aquitaine

Literary usage of Aquitaine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The share which fell to Charles consisted of all Austrasia (the original Frankland), most of Neustria, and all Aquitaine except the south-east corner. ..."

2. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland (1885)
"... applies for divorce—Her marriage dissolved— Returns to Aquitaine—Adventures on journey—Marries Henry Plantagenet —Birth of her son—Enables Henry to gain ..."

3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Aquitaine and Normandy were won back; Paris saw the crowning of an ... The geographical aspect of the change is that Aquitaine, which had been wholly cut ..."

4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"The first event which disclosed to all the world Charles's the gaping chasm between the two brothers was the war in Aquitaine. Almost immediately after the ..."

5. Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire by Samuel Dill (1899)
"Aquitaine must have suffered much, like the rest of Gaul, ... In the poems of Ausonius Aquitaine is a land of peace and plenty, of vineyards and yellow ..."

6. History of France: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Jules Michelet, G. H. Smith (1851)
"Thus Aquitaine, proved incapable of defending itself, became a kind of dependency on the Franks. ..."

7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"The duchy of Aquitaine was revived by Louis XI as a temporary expedient (1469-72) ... On the death of Charles of Aquitaine the duchy was reoccupied. ..."

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