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Roussillon

[ roo-see-yohn; French 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
“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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Example Sentences

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.

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

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.

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

While the players recovered, Union general manager Oliver Ruhnert worked on reinforcements, bringing in Croatia fullback Josip Juranović from Celtic, Tunisia midfielder Aïssa Laïdouni from Ferencvaros and French defender Jerome Roussillon from Wolfsburg to compensate for the departures of Julian Ryerson and Genki Haraguchi.

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