Languedoc
Americannoun
noun
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a former province of S France, lying between the foothills of the Pyrenees and the River Rhône: formed around the countship of Toulouse in the 13th century; important production of bulk wines
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a wine from this region
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French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in a televised address that a French frigate, the Languedoc, would arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday evening.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Uprooting efforts are particularly focused on areas producing unfashionable low-cost reds in southwest France, such as Bordeaux or Languedoc.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Owen: It’s Grenache blanc grapes from the Languedoc region of France.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
A short statement from the Armies Ministry did not say who fired the drones at the French Navy frigate Languedoc on Saturday night.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
Marie-Laure tries to calculate the chances that one might contain Madame Manec’s peaches, the white peaches from Languedoc that she’d buy by the crate and peel and quarter and boil with sugar.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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