Dordogne

Proper noun

Meaning

A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.

A river that flows from south-central France into the Garonne.

Examples

Alternatively, Leggett are advertising a four-bedroom tower in an 18th-century château in the Dordogne for €593,600 (£516, 393). Source: Internet

Duke Eudes mustered a force ready to engage the Umayyads outside Bordeaux, eventually taking on them in the Battle of the River Garonne somewhere near the river Dordogne, described as taking a heavy death toll. Source: Internet

From the ocean, ships pass through the Gironde estuary until the mouth of the Garonne (to the right of the Dordogne when sailing upstream). Source: Internet

After living on a tropical island of the Maldives and in Dordogne, France, he moved to Canada in 1998 and now lives and works near Vancouver. Source: Internet

Under the Sun: Caroline Conran’s French Country Cooking is a collection of 120 classic recipes and traditions in the kitchen from the Dordogne, Gascony, Languedoc, the Basque country, and Provence—all sun-drenched, culinary heavens. Source: Internet

Before joining the Dordogne River near Limeuil, the Vézère flows in a south-westerly direction. Source: Internet

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