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Perche

American  
[pairsh, persh] / pɛərʃ, pɛrʃ /

noun

  1. a former division of N France.


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Armand Duplantis improved his own men's pole vault world record to 6.27m at the All Star Perche event in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

Duplantis improved his best vault by one centimetre with a clearance at 6.22m at the indoor All Star Perche meeting in France in February, beating the mark he set in winning world gold last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023

"She was not at all snobbish," says American academic Anne Hall, who lives in the Perche region and has made a study of the du Mauriers' French connection.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022

Following a long love affair with France, the couple became permanent residents in 2003 and had been remodeling a stone farmhouse that dates from the 1700s in the Perche area of Normandy.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2014

St. Walburge is titular saint of many other great churches in Germany, Brabant, Flanders, and several provinces of France, especially in Poitou, Perche, Normandy, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace, &c.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

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