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Meaning of Dauphine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
dəʊfɪˈneɪ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca dofina
Български дофина Дофине
Català Delfinat
Čeština dauphine
Deutsch Dauphine
Ελληνικά Ντωφινέ
Español Delfinado
Eesti dofiin
Français dauphine dauphine
Italiano Delfinato
Polski delfina
Русский дофина Дофине
Türkçe dofin
Українська Дофіне
Oʻzbekcha dofina

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

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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