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Camargue

British  
/ kæˈmɑːɡ /

noun

  1. a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the crack of dawn, he whistles as he walks through an open field until a group of cotton-white Camargue horses heed his call and emerge from the fog.

From Seattle Times Oct. 30, 2022

The Rhone river has long served as the Camargue’s lifeline, bringing fresh water from the Alps and dampening salt levels in the Camargue.

From Seattle Times Oct. 30, 2022

The landscape brought to mind the Camargue, the flat marshlands to the south of Arles.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2021

Hoffmann’s links to Arles and the surrounding Camargue region run deep.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2021

The bulls from the Camargue bellow as they are herded along.

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

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