Charente

[ sha-rahnt ]

/ ʃaˈrɑ̃t /

noun

a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.

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Examples from the Web for charente

In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France.
Get Thee To …|Blake Gopnik|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Many of these same grapes noted above are also tapped for producing Cognac in the Charente.
Armagnac History and How to Choose the Best Brandy|David Lincoln Ross|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So long as he does not return here, he might even take wines across to England, or brandy from Charente.
No Surrender!|G. A. Henty
It comprises the secondary basins of the Adour and the Charente.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.

Cerizet called for Mlle. Signol, and the two walked by the Charente.
Eve and David|Honore de Balzac
News of their presence reached a fleet of 290 ships of Normandy, then loading wine in the river Charente.
British Flags|W. G. Perrin
The Charente region, the grapes of which furnish brandy, as do those of Armagnac (department of Gers).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for charente

Charente

/ (French ʃarɑ̃t) /

noun

a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)

a river in W France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing west to the Bay of Biscay. Length: 362 km (225 miles)

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