Creuse

American  

[krœz] / krœz /

noun

1. a department in central France. 2,165 sq. mi. (5,605 sq. km). Guéret.

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Creuse British  

/ krøz /

noun

1. a department of central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Guéret. Pop: 122 713 (2003 est). Area: 5606 sq km (2186 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Medea faces deportation; her children will stay with Jason and Creuse.

From Los Angeles Times

So do all who do her wrong in a winning cast that included Reinoud Van Mechelen as a clarion Jason and Carolyn Sampson, a sweet-toned Creuse.

From Los Angeles Times

Conklin was a standout guard in basketball and wide receiver in football at L’Anse Creuse High School-North in Macomb Township, Michigan.

From Seattle Times

Gouzon, with fewer than 1,600 inhabitants and a small centre boasting a pretty Gothic church, a couple restaurants and a few boulangeries, is located in rural Creuse, a department with the country’s lowest gross domestic product.

From Reuters

The following day, in the central France Creuse département, a schoolgirl would recall seeing “planes overhead, people forced to lie down in ditches or to hide in woods … A little boy who saw his mother shot, and ran to see what had happened, was killed himself as he leaned over her.”

From The Guardian