Dauphiné

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See also: dauphine and Dauphine

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Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphinatus.

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Dauphiné

  1. (historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
    • 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:
      At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161:
      Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.

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French[edit]

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From Latin Delphinātus.

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Dauphiné m

  1. Dauphiné

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French Dauphiné.

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Dauphiné

  1. Dauphiné