Roussillon

[roo-see-yohn; French roo-see-yawn]

noun

a historic region in S France, on the border of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Examples from the Web for roussillon

Historical Examples of roussillon

Others have thought, but mistakenly, that it was Collioure in Roussillon.
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
On the south he added Roussillon, on the east Alsace, on the northeast Artois.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
Various
Also, she asked for some of our Roussillon as a payment for what she had done.
Yule Logs
Various
The term which is sometimes used, clover of Roussillon, also shows this.
Origin of Cultivated Plants
Alphonse De Candolle
Corps of observation were formed in Roussillon and Lorraine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8
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British Dictionary definitions for roussillon

Roussillon

noun

a former province of S France: united with Aragon in 1172; passed to the French crown in 1659; now forms part of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

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