Dordogne
Americannoun
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a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
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a department in SW central France. 3,561 sq. mi. (9,225 sq. km). Périgueux.
noun
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a river in SW France, rising in the Auvergne Mountains and flowing southwest and west to join the Garonne river and form the Gironde estuary. Length: 472 km (293 miles)
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a department of SW France, in Aquitaine region. Capital: Périgueux. Pop: 392 291 (2003 est). Area: 9224 sq km (3597 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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The third stage is a 147.2km route from Collonges-la-Rouge to Montignac-Lascaut in Dordogne, with the eight-stage race finishing on Sunday.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023
The Dordogne prefecture said that emergency services were at the site, where a fire was burning after the explosion.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022
The companies they work for include Supermassive Games, maker of The Dark Pictures Anthology, and Un Je Ne Sais Quoi, the studio behind upcoming slice-of-life adventure Dordogne.
From The Verge • Mar. 7, 2022
Dordogne is a variety that is, essentially, sherbet orange overlaid with hot pink.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021
Those which have been most carefully examined are ten in number, and belong to the Department of Dordogne.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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