Golfe du Lion
Americannoun
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By steaming around in the Golfe du Lion the French Fleet could keep a good part of the British Mediterranean Fleet disengaged without firing a salvo.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is bounded N.E. by Gard, N.W. by Aveyron and Tarn, and S. by Aude and the Golfe du Lion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
As they entered the Golfe du Lion their ship was captured by a Spanish corsair and taken to Rosas.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Used also of the gulf usually called the Gulf of Lyons, but in French La Golfe du Lion, or “Gulf of the Lion,” from its stormy water.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
Aigues-Mortes occupies an isolated position in the marshy plain at the western extremity of the Rhone delta, 2 1/2 m. from the Golfe du Lion.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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