Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast France on the Rhone River. It was the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of several antipopes from 1378 to 1417.
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- proper noun A city in
Provence ,France .
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- noun a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
Etymologies
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Examples
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(AVIGNON) - EU foreign ministers travelled from Paris to Avignon aboard a special high-speed train decked out in European colours in a show of unity over the Georgia crisis.
EUnews 2008
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The great "Demoiselles d'Avignon" is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as is "Ma Jolie."
Picasso comes to Richmond Blake Gopnik 2010
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And I love to hear of new blossoming loves - my French husband and I also met in Avignon (or at least on the train to Avignon) so it's a good start.
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I stayed for 2 weeks in Avignon and stayed with a beautiful French family and I could NOT speak French.
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France won the first game of the tournament 58-24 against Ireland in Avignon yesterday, in front of a near-15,000 crowd.
Gareth Thomas scores a try as Wales beat Scotland in European Cup Andy Wilson 2010
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The great "Demoiselles d'Avignon" is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as is "Ma Jolie."
Picasso show will make a stop in Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Blake Gopnik 2010
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I was buying kilos of lavende while in France and then creating little sachets to sell for New Haven Sister Cities (Avignon is a Jumelege to New Haven) but it was just too time consuming, therefore, we switched to buying them already made.
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The painting was hanging at the Collection Lambert gallery in Avignon, France.
July 2007 2007
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Arriving in Avignon, I notice the colorful wooden péniches* lined up "à la queue leu leu" * along the Rhône river.
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At the Vatican Archives, I came across some big paper registers written when the papal court was in Avignon, France (1309-1378).
Tracking Down the Tale of the Knights Templar | Impact Lab 2007
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