Charente
Americannoun
noun
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a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
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a river in W France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing west to the Bay of Biscay. Length: 362 km (225 miles)
Example Sentences
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Thousands of jobs are at stake in the Charente region alone, he says: "Cognac is a product that's made for export."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
Lie With Me, which was a No 1 bestseller in France, follows a first love between two teenage boys, Besson and Thomas Andrieux, a fellow pupil at his lycée in the Charente in south-west France.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2019
In 1946 was elected a Radical Socialist Deputy from the Charente; in 1953, as Secretary of State to Premier Ren� Mayer, launched le plan Gaillard, a five-year program for French atomic energy development.
From Time Magazine Archive
The department of Charente, which includes the Cognac area, approved the treaty by a mere 13 votes out of 178,672 cast.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Charente, although by no means one of the largest rivers of France, well deserves to be called one of the most capricious.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
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