Definition of Provence

1. Noun. A former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur.

Group relationships: France, French Republic
Generic synonyms: French Region

Definition of Provence

1. Proper noun. A maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provence

Proto-Vietic
Proto-Yeniseian
Proto-Yeniseians
Protoctista
Protogreek
Prototheria
Protozoa
Protropin
Protura
Proudhon
Proust
Proustian
Prov.
Provel
Provencal
Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse
Provencial
Proventil
Provera
Proverbs
Providence
Providence Island Sign Language
Provisional
Provisional IRA
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisionals
Provo
Provos

Literary usage of Provence

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The inhabitants of the provence preserve to a large degree southern ... There are traces in provence, as in the polished stones found in the Grotte de la ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Pee also the other journals devoted In Germany and Italy to the Romanic languages, passim. (p. M.) provence (Provincia), a province of France lying to the ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"There is said to be a German edition of Pierre of provence, and there are also ... The scene is laid in provence, which " seems always to have been the home ..."

4. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"Its introduction was natural, and, being intimately connected with the history of political power in both provence and Spain, can be at once explained, ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"There is said to be a German edition of Pierre of provence ... The scene is laid in provence, which " seems always to have been the home of Poetry: be it ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"To Philip II he proposed to hold provence for the Cardinal Bourbon, ... To gain a free hand in provence, Montmorency was industriously cajoled. ..."

7. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"CHAPTER I. Eleanor of provence—Parentage—Birth—Talents—Poem written by her—Her beauty—Henry accepts Eleanor without dowry—Escorted to England — Married at ..."

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