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- proper noun One of the
départements ofPays de la Loire ,France (number 53)
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Examples
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It is parted into two by a river called the Mayenne, which is
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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Pas besoin d'être grand clerc pour comprendre que le terrain d'investigation de la chercheuse a été pour l'essentiel la Mayenne et la Manche.
Unbewitching Jeanne Favret-Saada Christopher 2009
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Pas besoin d'être grand clerc pour comprendre que le terrain d'investigation de la chercheuse a été pour l'essentiel la Mayenne et la Manche.
Archive 2009-06-01 Christopher 2009
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Le Balafré and the duke of Mayenne would be a little surprised if this epistle were read to them in the other world.
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By noon of August 5, he had taken the town of Mayenne and four days later had taken Le Mans.
General Ike John S.D. Eisenhower 2003
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After breakout, battalion crossed Seine near Mayenne.
Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003
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Victory of Henry IV over the duke of Mayenne at Arques (1589).
1572-73 2001
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At this news, a revolt of the Catholic party broke out, headed by the brother of the murdered men, the duke of Mayenne.
1572-73 2001
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Not, however, until Henry, after public penance by his ambassadors at Rome, had been freed from the papal ban was he generally recognized (by Mayenne too).
1572-73 2001
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Far more seriously, the vital turn east towards Mayenne and Alençon, intended to initiate the rolling up of the main German front in Normandy, was delayed by days.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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