Avignon

[ a-vee-nyawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77.

Avignon

/ aviɲɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)

Example Sentences

His schooling began at the age of nine, but the boy played truant so frequently that he was sent to boarding-school in Avignon.

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The centenary of Petrarch celebrated at Avignon in 1874 tended to emphasize the importance and the glory of the new literature.

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We remark elsewhere the lack of independence in the dialect of Avignon, that its vocabulary alone gives it life.

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The last act brings us to the great hall of the papal palace at Avignon, where the Pope is to pronounce judgment upon the Queen.

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Gorenflot went, and soon returned, saying that a gentleman had sold them, and had afterwards taken the road to Avignon.

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