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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A historical region of southwest France between the Pyrenees and the Garonne River. The duchy of Aquitaine was joined with France after the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to King Louis VII in 1137, but its possession was disputed after her subsequent marriage to Henry II of England.

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  • proper noun A region of France.

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  • noun a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees

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