département
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of département
C18: from départir to divide; see depart
Example Sentences
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Trouvé’s district, Seine-Saint-Denis, north of the city center, is the Paris département most affected by the Games.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
The département of Lot in south-west France is one of the country's most rural.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2023
Even a week or so spent eating and drinking your way around the Gers, the 60-mile-wide département that constitutes Gascony’s heartland, is enough to spark a lifelong love affair.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017
He is notoriously reluctant to venture into Seine-Saint-Denis, the "neuf trois" département.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2010
A. De Zeltner: Notes sur les sépultures indiennes de département de Chiriqui.
From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry
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