Gascony
[ gas-kuh-nee ]
/ ˈgæs kə ni /
noun
a former province in SW France.
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French
Gas·cogne [ga-skawn-yuh]. /gaˈskɔn yə/. Words nearby Gascony
gas coal,
Gascoigne,
Gascon,
gasconade,
gas constant,
Gascony,
gas-cooled reactor,
Gascoyne-Cecil,
gas-discharge tube,
gas dynamics,
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How to use Gascony in a sentence
At least the Americans know how to eat in Gascony, his smile seemed to say.
Kate Hill is an American expat and one of the reasons I had determined to find my way to Gascony.
Not since the Three Musketeers unsheathed their swords centuries ago has Gascony seen this much excitement.
Ariane was born and raised in a two-star Michelin kitchen in Gascony, a rustic corner in Southwest France.
Gascony has ever been the mother of ambitious men, and many a ruler has she supplied to France.
The department which borrows its name from the Landes of Gascony is divided by the Adour into two wholly dissimilar parts.
But the gulf of Gascony, from Cordouan to Biarritz, is just one long maritime contradiction, one enigma of mighty strifes.
A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
Let them be, and they will think that we are a wine-ship for Gascony, or that we bear the wool-bales of some mercer of the Staple.
British Dictionary definitions for Gascony
noun
a former province of SW FranceFrench name: Gascogne (ɡaskɔɲ)
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