Châteauroux

[ shah-toh-roo ]

/ ʃɑ toʊˈru /

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noun

a city in and capital of Indre, in central France.

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How to use Châteauroux in a sentence

They are able, almost high people, this new Chateauroux Ministry, compared with some; and already show results.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Issoudun stretches north and south, along a hillside which rounds towards the highroad to Chateauroux.
The Two Brothers|Honore de Balzac
Mobs were collected, and Madame feared the fate of Madame de Chateauroux.
The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete|Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
These ladies, as Nell called them, were early miniatures of the Chateauroux and the Pompadour.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus

It was in this way that mesdames de Chateauroux and de Pompadour had had his homage.
Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry|Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

British Dictionary definitions for Châteauroux

Châteauroux

/ (French ʃɑtoru) /

noun

a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 49 632 (1999)

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