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Roussillon

American  
[roo-see-yohn, roo-see-yawn] / ˌru siˈyoʊn, ru siˈyɔ̃ /

noun

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


Roussillon British  
/ 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

"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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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.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

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.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023

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.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

Isco would have been Union’s fourth winter singing following the transfers of Croatia right back Josip Juranović from Celtic, Tunisia midfielder Aïssa Laïdouni from Ferencvaros and French defender Jerome Roussillon from Wolfsburg.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Roussillon and Artois had been ceded to France, the war with Portugal was dragging along hopelessly.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

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