Charente

[sha-rahnt]

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for charente

Contemporary Examples of charente

In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France.
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Blake Gopnik
August 14, 2013
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

Historical Examples of charente

The Patriote and Tourville also lay not far from the channel of the Charente.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves
W.H.G. Kingston
The trouble came on an afternoon, the third week from the Charente.
In Search of Mademoiselle
George Gibbs
Saintes lies on the Charente, some fifty miles from Angoulme.
How France Built Her Cathedrals
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
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

British Dictionary definitions for charente

Charente

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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