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Definition of Provence
1. Noun. A former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur.
Definition of Provence
1. Proper noun. A maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provence
Literary usage of Provence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The inhabitants of the Provence preserve to a large degree southern ... There are
traces in Provence, as in the polished stones found in the Grotte de la ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Pee also the other journals devoted In Germany and Italy to the Romanic languages,
passim. (p. M.) Provence (Provincia), a province of France lying to the ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"There is said to be a German edition of Pierre of Provence, and there are also
... The scene is laid in Provence, which " seems always to have been the home ..."
4. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"Its introduction was natural, and, being intimately connected with the history
of political power in both Provence and Spain, can be at once explained, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"There is said to be a German edition of Pierre of Provence ... The scene is laid
in Provence, which " seems always to have been the home of Poetry: be it ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"To Philip II he proposed to hold Provence for the Cardinal Bourbon, ... To gain
a free hand in Provence, Montmorency was industriously cajoled. ..."
7. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"CHAPTER I. Eleanor of Provence—Parentage—Birth—Talents—Poem written by her—Her
beauty—Henry accepts Eleanor without dowry—Escorted to England — Married at ..."
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