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
The Charente, although by no means one of the largest rivers of France, well deserves to be called one of the most capricious.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
The Huguenots were outflanked and almost enclosed between their adversaries and the Charente.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird

The tide rising enabled several of the ships to get afloat, and run up the Charente out of the way of danger.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves|W.H.G. Kingston
At Tournay-Charente, the floor of a dining-room fell in, and the Amphytrion and his guests tumbled together in the cellar.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
The trouble came on an afternoon, the third week from the Charente.
In Search of Mademoiselle|George Gibbs

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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