Garonne

[ ga-rawn ]

noun

1. a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.

Garonne

/ ɡarɔn /

noun

1. a river in SW France, rising in the central Pyrenees in Spain and flowing northeast then northwest into the Gironde estuary. Length: 580 km (360 miles)

Example Sentences

Pentegot est une fort belle riviere, et peut 48 estre compare la Garonne de France.

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The Pentegot is a very beautiful river, and may be compared to the Garonne in France.

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What are other rivers—your Seine, and Garonne, and Tagus—compared with him?

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The greater part of the department belongs to the basin of the Garonne, while a small portion in the west is drained by the Adour.

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His name is associated with a method of steering balloons, and a filter for supplying Bordeaux with water from the Garonne.

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