Charente

[ sha-rahnt ]

noun

1. a department in W France. 2,306 sq. mi. (5,975 sq. km). : Angoulême.

Charente

/ ʃarɑ̃t /

noun

1. a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
2. a river in W France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing west to the Bay of Biscay. Length: 362 km (225 miles)

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

Many of these same grapes noted above are also tapped for producing Cognac in the Charente.

From The Daily Beast

The Charente, although by no means one of the largest rivers of France, well deserves to be called one of the most capricious.

From Project Gutenberg

The Huguenots were outflanked and almost enclosed between their adversaries and the Charente.

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The tide rising enabled several of the ships to get afloat, and run up the Charente out of the way of danger.

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At Tournay-Charente, the floor of a dining-room fell in, and the Amphytrion and his guests tumbled together in the cellar.

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The trouble came on an afternoon, the third week from the Charente.

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