Dauphine

Definitions

1. A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
   historical
2. The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.

Equivalents

Examples

“At length this sect having spread⟳ from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.”

“Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.”

CEFR level