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Definition of Saone
1. Noun. A river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone.
Definition of Saone
1. Proper noun. A river in France, which flows into the Seine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saone
Literary usage of Saone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"Macon, the capital of Saone-et-Loire, is situated on the right bank of the Saone
at the frontiers of the department. Tho position may be favourable for the ..."
2. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1881)
"This department includes the slopes of the hills of Lyonnais and Beaujolais (-3320
feet), and is bounded by the rivers Saone and Rhone on the east. ..."
3. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1899)
"The Valley of the Saone and Rhone The Monts Faucilles thus close on the north a
long funnel-shaped valley traversed by the Saone and the lower Rhone, ..."
4. Men and Things as I Saw Them in Europe by Nicholas Murray (1854)
"THE sail down the Saone from Chalons is a very pleasant one. The banks of the
river have a quiet beauty ; towns are frequent; magnificent bridges frequently ..."
5. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"exclaimed Pitt, raising his hand suddenly to his forehead, " I remember that at
Lyons I was taken " to see the conflux of the Rhone and Saone,—the one a ..."
6. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"exclaimed Pitt, raising his hand suddenly to his forehead, " I remember that at
Lyons I was taken to see the conflux of the Rhone and Saone, —the one a ..."
7. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"Macon, the capital of Saone-et-Loire, is situated on the right bank of the Saone
at the frontiers of the department. Tho position may be favourable for the ..."
8. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1881)
"This department includes the slopes of the hills of Lyonnais and Beaujolais (-3320
feet), and is bounded by the rivers Saone and Rhone on the east. ..."
9. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1899)
"The Valley of the Saone and Rhone The Monts Faucilles thus close on the north a
long funnel-shaped valley traversed by the Saone and the lower Rhone, ..."
10. Men and Things as I Saw Them in Europe by Nicholas Murray (1854)
"THE sail down the Saone from Chalons is a very pleasant one. The banks of the
river have a quiet beauty ; towns are frequent; magnificent bridges frequently ..."
11. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"exclaimed Pitt, raising his hand suddenly to his forehead, " I remember that at
Lyons I was taken " to see the conflux of the Rhone and Saone,—the one a ..."
12. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"exclaimed Pitt, raising his hand suddenly to his forehead, " I remember that at
Lyons I was taken to see the conflux of the Rhone and Saone, —the one a ..."
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