limousin
Speech parts
1. limousin - Noun
2. Limousin - Proper noun
Meaning
a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains
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Examples
Currently, linguists use the terms "Provençal" and "Limousin" strictly to refer to specific varieties within Occitania, keeping the name "Occitan" for the language as a whole.
Jackson (2003), p. 577 Most of the Maquis cells — like the Maquis du Limousin or the Maquis du Vercors - took names after the area they were operating in. The size of these cells varied from tens to thousands of men and women.
And the legacy lives on in the next generation under the direction of son Jerry, who is charting a new course still focused on Limousin genetics, but with a new twist.
In the Limousin, people remained indignant because they felt all those on trial should have been sentenced to death.
Marching in winter across the Limousin plateau, with stragglers being picked off by the French, huge numbers of the army, and even larger numbers of horses, died of cold, disease or starvation.
The top price per head of £1,436.45 was paid to W. Gray and Sons, East Mill, Aspatria, for a Limousin.