rhone
Speech parts
1. rhone - Noun
2. Rhone - Proper noun
Meaning
a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
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The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards
A bridge across the Rhone was built between 1171 and 1185, with a length of some 900 m (2950 ft), but was destroyed during the siege of Avignon by Louis VIII of France in 1226.
After evading a pitched battle at the Rhone, Hannibal came to the aid of his Gallic allies, who were hard pressed by the Roman reinforcements.
At that time, it did not yet carry discharge from the Alps ; instead, the watersheds of the Rhone and Danube drained the northern flanks of the Alps.
Hannibal had evaded earlier him in the Rhone Valley.