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Sarthe

American  
[sart] / sart /

noun

  1. a department in NW France. 2,411 sq. mi. (6,245 sq. km). Le Mans.


Sarthe British  
/ sart /

noun

  1. a department of NW France, in Pays de la Loire region. Capital: Le Mans. Pop: 536 857 (2003 est). Area: 6245 sq km (2436 sq miles)

"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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Ferrari last competed at Le Mans in 1973 but returned to Circuit de la Sarthe this year as part of a new hyperclass category that features hybrid technology.

From Washington Times Jun. 11, 2023

Until 2021, Mr. Molesworth was the director of the de Sarthe Gallery, and Ms. Cheung, a fiction writer and essayist, was the managing editor of ArtAsiaPacific magazine until 2019.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

Jose Maria Lopez of Argentina followed a couple of minutes behind for Toyota’s No. 7 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in northwestern France.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2022

Born in the traditionally Catholic Sarthe department west of Paris, Fillon is the son of a history professor mother and solicitor father.

From The Guardian Apr. 20, 2017

The decision, as we have said, was fought out on the Loire and the Sarthe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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