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Chambord

[shahn-bawr]
noun
  1. a village in the Loire Valley, N central France: site of Renaissance château built by Francis I.
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Historical Examples

  • He was born on the same day as the Count of Chambord, the 29th of September, 1820.

    L'Assommoir

    Emile Zola

  • This is the history of Amboise as well, and is to a certain extent the history of Chambord.

  • He lived eight years at Chambord and filled up the moats of the castle.

  • On the way to Chambord you enter the flat and sandy Sologne.

  • But Chambord, like Madrid, was not a prison; it was a retreat.

British Dictionary definitions for chambord

Chambord

noun
  1. a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
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