Aquitania
Speech parts
1. Aquitania - Noun
2. Aquitania - Proper noun
Meaning
a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees
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Examples
Alaric exiled him for a year to Bordeaux in Aquitania, then allowed him to return unharmed when the crisis had passed.
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Aquitania extends from the Garonne to the Pyrenees and to that part of the Atlantic ( Bay of Biscay ) which is near Hispania: it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star.
Establishment The Visigoths were sent in 416 by the Emperor to fight the Germanic invaders in Hispania, but they soon re-established themselves as foederati in Aquitania after completely defeating the Alans and the Silingi Vandals.
In 418, Honorius rewarded his Visigothic federates by giving them land in Gallia Aquitania on which to settle.
Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line’s “grand trio” of express liners, preceded by the RMS Mauritania and RMS Lusitania, and was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner.