Dordogne

[ dawr-dawn-yuh ]

noun

1. a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
2. a department in SW central France. 3,561 sq. mi. (9,225 sq. km). : Périgueux.

Dordogne

/ dɔrdɔɲ /

noun

1. a river in SW France, rising in the Auvergne Mountains and flowing southwest and west to join the Garonne river and form the Gironde estuary. Length: 472 km (293 miles)
2. a department of SW France, in Aquitaine region. Capital: Périgueux. Pop: 392 291 (2003 est). Area: 9224 sq km (3597 sq miles)

Example Sentences

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

From The Daily Beast

In the Dordogne youth the bones were far more fragile than in the older man from La Chapelle.

From Project Gutenberg

The ascent continued to Thivirs, a tiny village of the Dordogne.

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The work of art was dug up from under the firm concreted floor of a cave in the Dordogne.

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Those which have been most carefully examined are ten in number, and belong to the Department of Dordogne.

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After the failure of 1243, a limited amount of territory between the Dordogne and the Pyrenees alone acknowledged Henry.

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