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- proper noun A
région ofFrance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a region in northeastern France
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Examples
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In 1998 she won her first local election as a regional councilor for the party fief of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and in 2004 she was voted into the European Parliament.
In the Name Of the Father Emma-Kate Symons 2011
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His daughter, Marine, drew more than 22 per cent of the vote in the industrial region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, where unemployment is above the national average.
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The MEP and regional councillor, whose vote share in Nord-Pas-de-Calais rose to 22 per cent in March's regional elections, also runs Générations Le Pen, a youth group that promotes the FN's ideology among the young.
New Statesman 2010
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Samson serves Nord-Pas-de-Calais in his home country of France.
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