Definition of Rhone

1. Noun. A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles. "The valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards"

Exact synonyms: Rhone River
Group relationships: France, French Republic, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
Generic synonyms: River

Definition of Rhone

1. Proper noun. (rivers) A river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea. ¹

2. Proper noun. A department in the French region of Rhône-Alpes. ¹

3. Noun. (Scotland) A horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhone

1. a roof-gutter [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhone

Rhododendron californicum
Rhododendron maxima
Rhododendron viscosum
Rhodope Mountains
Rhodophyceae
Rhodophyta
Rhodosphaera
Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Rhodospirillium rubrum
Rhodymenia
Rhodymenia palmata
Rhodymeniaceae
Rhoeadales
Rhombozoa
Rhonda
Rhone
Rhone-Alpes
Rhone River
Rhone wine
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallina
Rhus diversiloba
Rhus glabra
Rhus laurina
Rhus ovata
Rhus quercifolia
Rhus radicans
Rhus rhodanthema
Rhus toxicodendron antigen
Rhus toxicodenedron

Literary usage of Rhone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1899)
"Walking is preferable from Miinster onwards. In the reverse direction the diligence takes ll/z hrs. — One-horse carr. from the rhone Glacier to Munster 10, ..."

2. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"One-horse carr. from the rhone Glacier to Münster 10, two-horse 20 fr. ; to Fiesch 18 or 35, to Brig 30 or 60 fr. ; from Brig to Fiesch 12 or 25, ..."

3. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1889)
"One-horse carr. from the rhone Glacier to Fiesch 20, two-horse 30 fr. ; to Brieg 30 or 50 ... From the rhone Glacier over the Furka to Andermatt, see R. 33; ..."

4. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"10с.); from Göschenen to Brigue daily in 12 (Brigue to Göschenen 14) hrs., with '/z hr.'s halt at Tiefenbach and dinner at the rhone Glacier Hotel (19 fr. ..."

5. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"We next pass through a tunnel, noticing a beautiful waterfall on the right, and reach (29 M.) helle (p. 364). 82. From the rhone Glacier to Brigue. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"quits the rhone in order to run west by a direct route past ... The rhone continues to roll on southwards, but no longer (as no doubt it did in ancient ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"At Culoz (41! m. by rail frt>m Geneva) the railway from Geneva to Lyons (105 m.) quits the rhone in order to run west by a direct route past ..."

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