Gascony

[ gas-kuh-nee ]

noun

1. a former province in SW France.

Gascony

/ ˈɡæskənɪ /

noun

1. a former province of SW France French nameGascogneɡaskɔɲ

Example Sentences

At least the Americans know how to eat in Gascony, his smile seemed to say.

From The Daily Beast

Kate Hill is an American expat and one of the reasons I had determined to find my way to Gascony.

From The Daily Beast

Not since the Three Musketeers unsheathed their swords centuries ago has Gascony seen this much excitement.

From The Daily Beast

Ariane was born and raised in a two-star Michelin kitchen in Gascony, a rustic corner in Southwest France.

From The Daily Beast

Gascony has ever been the mother of ambitious men, and many a ruler has she supplied to France.

From Project Gutenberg

The department which borrows its name from the Landes of Gascony is divided by the Adour into two wholly dissimilar parts.

From Project Gutenberg

But the gulf of Gascony, from Cordouan to Biarritz, is just one long maritime contradiction, one enigma of mighty strifes.

From Project Gutenberg

A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.

From Project Gutenberg

Let them be, and they will think that we are a wine-ship for Gascony, or that we bear the wool-bales of some mercer of the Staple.

From Project Gutenberg