Roussillon

[roo-see-yohn, roo-see-yawn]

noun

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

Roussillon

/ rusijɔ̃ /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

The Australian red and white wine components are shipped in bulk to the UK, where they are blended with wine from France's northern Rhone and Roussillon regions before bottling.

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Union defender Jérôme Roussillon prevented worse when he made a goal-line clearance a minute later, but Grimaldo sent in another corner for Jonathan Tah to seal the result in the 73rd.

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Roussillon crossed for Behrens’ first headed goal in the first minute.

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United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson started for his league debut and was involved from the off as he sent Jérôme Roussillon through with a clever backheel.

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Some groundwater levels were at their lowest on record in the wine-making Roussillon region and in the southern Var region, which hosts the tourist town of Saint-Tropez.

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