Definition of Franche-Comte

1. Noun. A former province of eastern France.

Group relationships: France, French Republic
Generic synonyms: French Region

Definition of Franche-Comte

1. Proper noun. A ''région'' of France. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Franche-Comte

Frameworks
Framingham Heart study
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France
Frances
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Wright
Francesca
Franceschetti
Franceschetti's syndrome
Francesco Petrarca
Franche-Comte (current term)
Franche-Comté
Francia
Francic
Francie
Francis
Francis Albert Sinatra
Francis Aston
Francis Bacon
Francis Beaumont
Francis Crick
Francis Drake
Francis Edgar Stanley
Francis Everett Townsend
Francis Ferdinand
Francis Ford Coppola

Literary usage of Franche-Comte

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

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The congress of Cologne had dissolved. None of the belligerents was looking for peace.0 OPERATIONS IN Franche-Comte; TURENNE IN ALSACE (1674-1675 ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Franche- Comte conquered. 1668. Conquered again. 1674. Freiburg. ... Franche-Comte, as the county of Burgundy was now more commonly called, with the city of ..."

3. The Emperor Charles V by Edward Armstrong (1902)
"CHAPTER I Birth of Charles—His mother's loss of reason and his father's death—He inherits the Netherlands and Franche Comte—Sketch of recent Netherland ..."

4. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1863)
"Louis, having covered his honour-by the conquest of Franche Comte", acquiesced, and the Spaniards remained the sole aggrieved party. ..."

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