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Roussillon
[ roo-see-yohn; French roo-see-yawn ]
noun
- a historic region in S France, on the border of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.
Roussillon
/ rusijɔ̃ /
noun
- 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
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The term which is sometimes used, clover of Roussillon, also shows this.
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He had been accustomed to hear himself called the great, the mighty son of Roussillon, ever since he was a helpless child.
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Of his own land he was absolutely secure, save perhaps in that far corner of ever-turbulent Catalonia which is called Roussillon.
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There have been three duels, two deaths, and one captain of the Royal Roussillon turned cordelier for my sake.
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Roussillon and Gaston in like manner got their horses; then at a signal they drove out of the tower into the midst of the Normans.
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