Garonne

[ ga-rawn ]

/ gaˈrɔn /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Garonne

garnierite, garnish, garnishee, garnishment, garniture, Garonne, garote, garotte, garoupa, garpike, Garré's disease

How to use Garonne in a sentence

Pentegot est une fort belle riviere, et peut 48 estre compare la Garonne de France.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The Pentegot is a very beautiful river, and may be compared to the Garonne in France.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
What are other rivers—your Seine, and Garonne, and Tagus—compared with him?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844|Various
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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

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

British Dictionary definitions for Garonne

Garonne

/ (French ɡarɔn) /

noun

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)

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