Île de France

[ eel duh frahns ]

noun

1. a former province in northern France, including Paris and the region around it.
2. former name of Mauritius.

Île-de-France

/ ildəfrɑ̃s /

noun

1. a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
2. See Mauritius
   a former name (1715–1810) for Mauritius

Example Sentences

Mostly it runs through the great plain of Picardie and forms the natural northern boundary to the ancient Ile de France.

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That feat of creative genius none can deny to the Ile-de-France.

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The builders of the Ile-de-France were less cautious, but more sublime.

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That fact of creative genius no one can deny to the Ile-de-France.

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Its architect must certainly have come from the Ile-de-France.

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