Landes

American  

[lahnd] / lɑ̃d /

noun

1. a department in SW France. 3,615 sq. mi. (9,365 sq. km). Mont-de-Marsan.

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Landes British  

/ lɑ̃d /

noun

1. a department of SW France, in Aquitaine region. Capital: Mont-de-Marsan. Pop: 341 254 (2003 est). Area: 9364 sq km (3652 sq miles)

2. a region of SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: occupies most of the Landes department and parts of Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne; consists chiefly of the most extensive forest in France. Area: 14 000 sq km (5400 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

When I met Richard Landes in New York, he had just arrived from Israel, where he also keeps a home.

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Few have done more to promote the Pallywood myth than Landes, a medievalist and historian of apocalyptic movements who coined the term.

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For Landes, this moment was foundational.

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Landes told me that nearly every clip from Gaza and the West Bank contains clues.

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Landes continues to monitor footage from Gaza closely.

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