Definition of Picardy

1. Noun. A region of northern France on the English Channel.

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

Definition of Picardy

1. Proper noun. A région of France. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picardy

Phœnicopteridæ
Phæton
Piacenza
Piaf
Piaget
Piagetian
Pianola
Piarist
Piarists
Piauí
Pica pica
Pica pica hudsonia
Picard
Picardie
Picards
Picardy (current term)
Picatinny rail
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Picchini
Picea abies
Picea breweriana
Picea engelmannii
Picea glauca
Picea mariana
Picea obovata

Literary usage of Picardy

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Picardy formed part of the archdiocese of Reims, and its bishoprics were Amiens, ... In 1789 the province of Picardy was covered by the three bishoprics of ..."

2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1920)
"CHAPTER THREE FLANDERS-THE BATTLE OF THE LYS I FROM Picardy TO FLANDERS On the morrow of the Battle of Picardy, the strategical situation of the Germans was ..."

3. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"ON THE RETURN OF THE KINO PROM Picardy, GREAT ENTERTAINMENTS ARE GIVEN AT ... TUE king of France, before he left Picardy, appointed the lord bastard of ..."

4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Joseph Dacier (1849)
"The principal lords of France, in conjunction with those of Picardy, solicited the king v> conclude a lasting peace with the archduke : terms were, ..."

5. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, Benjamin Guy Babington (1859)
"The Picardy Sweat is a decided miliary fever, which has often prevailed, not only in Picardy, but also in other provinces of France, for more than a hundred ..."

6. Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas (1878)
"We'll search Paris all to-day," said Athos, "and if we have no news this evening, we will return to the road to Picardy ; and I feel no doubt that, ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Picardy formed part of the archdiocese of Reims, and its bishoprics were Amiens, ... In 1789 the province of Picardy was covered by the three bishoprics of ..."

8. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1920)
"CHAPTER THREE FLANDERS-THE BATTLE OF THE LYS I FROM Picardy TO FLANDERS On the morrow of the Battle of Picardy, the strategical situation of the Germans was ..."

9. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"ON THE RETURN OF THE KINO PROM Picardy, GREAT ENTERTAINMENTS ARE GIVEN AT ... TUE king of France, before he left Picardy, appointed the lord bastard of ..."

10. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Joseph Dacier (1849)
"The principal lords of France, in conjunction with those of Picardy, solicited the king v> conclude a lasting peace with the archduke : terms were, ..."

11. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, Benjamin Guy Babington (1859)
"The Picardy Sweat is a decided miliary fever, which has often prevailed, not only in Picardy, but also in other provinces of France, for more than a hundred ..."

12. Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas (1878)
"We'll search Paris all to-day," said Athos, "and if we have no news this evening, we will return to the road to Picardy ; and I feel no doubt that, ..."

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