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chateau
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cha·teau also châ·teau  (sh-t)
n. pl. cha·teaus also châteaus or cha·teaux also châteaux (-tz)
1.
a. A French castle.
b. A French manor house.
2. An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in the Bordeaux region of France.
3. A large country house.

[French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum, castle; see castle.]

chateau [shat-toe, -toe]
Noun
pl -teaux -teaus a French country house or castle [French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chateauchateau - an impressive country house (or castle) in France
country house - a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country


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Once known as the Playground of Kings, with more than 300 chateaus situated along the 600-mile Loire River, the Loire Valley spans the central region of France and produces some of the country's finest wines.
Canopies of poplars, willows, maples and elms--some planted in precision-like rows--line the river banks, which give way to amber-golden hillsides, sunflower fields, vineyards, cow pastures and 200-year-old chateaus.
The castle was built in 1928 and owned by Monsieur Dumas, a Frenchman from Falaise who wanted to replicate the chateaus of his native Normandy.
 
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