Limousin

[ lee-moo-zan ]

noun

1. a former province in central France.
2. one of a breed of hardy French beef cattle, now popular in the U.S.

Limousin

¹

/ limuzɛ̃ /

noun

1. a region and former province of W central France, in the W part of the Massif Central

Limousin

²

/ ˈlɪmʊˌzɛ̃ /

noun

1. a breed of fairly large yellowish-to-reddish-gold beef cattle originally from France

Example Sentences

It is a building of the 12th century in the Romanesque style of Limousin, with three narrow naves of almost equal height.

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Arthur Young thought the Limousin the most beautiful part of France.

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Two very instructive facts may be mentioned in connection with the suppression of the corvées in the Limousin.

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It was mainly an attempt to extend over the whole realm the kind of reforms which had been tried on a small scale in the Limousin.

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Three of the Avignon popes were natives of art-loving Limousin.

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