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Gascony

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Gas·co·ny  (gsk-n)
A historical region and former province of southwest France. Settled originally by Basque peoples, it was conquered by the Romans and later by the Visigoths and Franks. A new wave of Basque invaders from south of the Pyrenees established the duchy of Vasconia in the sixth century a.d. In 1052 Gascony passed to the duchy of Aquitaine, and after serving as a major battlefield during the Hundred Years' War, it finally became part of the French royal domain in 1607.
Gascony [ˈgæskənɪ]
n
(Placename) a former province of SW France French name Gascogne [gaskɔɲ]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.GasconyGascony - a region of southwestern France      
Gascogne
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Translations
Gascony [ˈgæskənɪ] N → Gascuña f
Gascony [ˈgæskəni] n → Gascogne f
gas cooker n → cuisinière f à gaz
gas cylinder n → bouteille f de gaz, bonbonne f de gaz
to change the gas cylinder → changer la bouteille or la bonbonne de gaz
Gascony [ˈgæskənɪ] n → Guascogna
Gascony [ˈgæskənɪ] n → Guascogna


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In the meantime, with the first gray lines that lighted up the heavens, the canoe hoisted its little sail, which, swelling with the kisses of the breeze, and carrying them rapidly from the coast, made bravest way towards Spain, across the dreaded Gulf of Gascony, so rife with storms.
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Thus for a time the rupture between De Montfort and his king was healed, and although the great nobleman was divested of his authority in Gascony he suffered little further oppression at the hands of his royal master.
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Then as soon as he had disappeared, he shook his head after a fashion peculiarly his own, and in a voice which forty years' absence from Gascony had not deprived of its Gascon accent, "A melancholy service," said he, "and a melancholy master
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