Avignon

[ a-vee-nyawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77.

Avignon

/ aviɲɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)

Example Sentences

She has waived her right to anonymity so the entire trial can be heard in court in Avignon in the full glare of publicity.

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Dominique Pelicot went on trial with 50 other men in the southern city of Avignon in September.

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An abrupt silence swamped the courtroom in Avignon as three large television screens, positioned high on three walls, flickered back to life.

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When she walks into the courthouse in the French city of Avignon, flanked by her children and a team of lawyers, Gisèle Pelicot cuts an unassuming figure.

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It is little more than half an hour’s drive - through the gentle hills and vineyards that surround the looming, almost lunar landscape of Mont Ventoux - from Avignon’s courthouse to the quaint, medieval village of Mazan.

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