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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

Kristensen, Denmark's greatest racing driver, told the crowd he had intended to pay tribute to his father but the first race fatality in 27 years at the Sarthe circuit had forced a change of plan.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2013

But the stream of Arve at Tillières is so much narrower than the stream of Sarthe at Alençon that French and Norman stood much nearer together at Tillières than Mansel and Norman stood at Alençon.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton

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