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Orléanais

American  
[awr-ley-a-ne] / ɔr leɪ aˈnɛ /

noun

  1. a former province in N France. Orléans.


Orléanais British  
/ ɔrleanɛ /

noun

  1. a former province of N central France, centred on Orléans

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Marcous are found in all parts of France, but particularly in the Orléanais.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

And the cost of transportation was thus made so high that the price of a cask of wine passing from the Orléanais to Normandy—two provinces in northwestern France—increased twenty-fold.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.

The wines of France in most request from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries were those of Mâcon, Cahors, Rheims, Choisy, Montargis, Marne, Meulan, and Orléanais.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

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