Gascony

[ gas-kuh-nee ]

/ ˈgæs kə ni /

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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, gaselier

How to use Gascony in a sentence

At least the Americans know how to eat in Gascony, his smile seemed to say.
Gascony: France's New Foodie Destination|Condé Nast Traveler|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Kate Hill is an American expat and one of the reasons I had determined to find my way to Gascony.
Gascony: France's New Foodie Destination|Condé Nast Traveler|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not since the Three Musketeers unsheathed their swords centuries ago has Gascony seen this much excitement.
Gascony: France's New Foodie Destination|Condé Nast Traveler|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ariane was born and raised in a two-star Michelin kitchen in Gascony, a rustic corner in Southwest France.
The Queen of Foie Gras|David Lincoln Ross|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Gascony has ever been the mother of ambitious men, and many a ruler has she supplied to France.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The department which borrows its name from the Landes of Gascony is divided by the Adour into two wholly dissimilar parts.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
But the gulf of Gascony, from Cordouan to Biarritz, is just one long maritime contradiction, one enigma of mighty strifes.
The Sea|Jules Michelet
A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle
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.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for Gascony

Gascony

/ (ˈɡæskənɪ) /

noun

a former province of SW FranceFrench name: Gascogne (ɡaskɔɲ)

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