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avignon berry — noun or avignon grain əˈvinyən Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: from Avignon, France : any of several buckthorn berries from France called also French berry; compare persian berry … Useful english dictionary
Avignon — • Written in the form of Avennio in the ancient texts and inscriptions, takes its name from the House, or Clan, Avennius Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Avignon Avignon … Catholic encyclopedia
grain — [ grɛ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1160; lat. granum → graine I ♦ 1 ♦ Fruit comestible des graminées. Le grain des céréales est un caryopse. Grain de blé, de maïs, de mil, de riz, d orge. Ôter les grains d un épi. ⇒ égrener. Menuis. GRAIN D ORGE. Assemblage à… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Avignon — French commune native name= Ville d Avignon common name= Avignon |border=1px image flag size= 120px image coat of arms= Avignon coat of arms.jpg image coat of arms size = 90px flag Coat of arms x = 188 y = 208 time zone = CET (GMT +1)… … Wikipedia
Avignon Papacy — In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377 during which seven popes, all French, resided in Avignon, France: *Pope Clement V: 1305 ndash;1314 *Pope John XXII: 1316 ndash;1334 *Pope Benedict… … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
Vin — Verres de vin Le vin est une boisson alcoolisée obtenue par la fermentation du raisin, fruit des vignes (dont Vitis vinifera). En Europe, selon la définition légale, le vin est le produit obtenu exclusivement par la fermentation alcoolique,… … Wikipédia en Français
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
grenette — ⇒GRENETTE, GRAINETTE, subst. fém. A. Petite graine. Il a son grand chapeau tout cabossé, tout étiré, tout lavé des pluies de l an, tout poudré des poussières et des grainettes de l été (GIONO, Solit. pitié, 1932, p. 117). B. Fruit d un nerprun,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Rome — /rohm/, n. 1. Harold (Jacob), born 1908, U.S. lyricist and composer. 2. Italian, Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the… … Universalium
