Rhône-Alpes

/ (French ronalp) /

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a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère

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Words nearby Rhône-Alpes

rhonchus, Rhonda, Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhone, Rhône-Alpes, Rhone River, Rhone wine, rhopalid bug, R horizon, rhotacism

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Example sentences from the Web for Rhône-Alpes

Northern Rhone whites are all about mouth feel and texture-not acidity like white Burgundies.
What to Drink in 2014: 13 Chefs and Critics Picks|Jordan Salcito|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bell suggests that there is a reference to the river Rhone, and to the roses of Provence.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
The Félibrige passed westward beyond the Rhone and found adherents in all south France.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
The assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer

From here the fisherman ferries her over the broad Rhone, and we accompany her over the Camargue, down to the sea.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
The Poem of the Rhone, the third of the poems in twelve cantos that Mistral has written, appeared in 1897.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer

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