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aquitaine
/ˈækwɪteɪn/
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What does aquitaine mean?
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- (historical) A former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England.
- (historical) A former province of the kingdom of France.
- (historical) A former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- (historical) Synonym of Aquitania.
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IPA pronunciation
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I’ll give you Aquitaine, and all that is his, An you give him for my sake but one loving kiss.
Ultimately he was reclaimed by his brother Valentine, overthrew the Green Knight, his rival in love, and married Fezon, daughter of the duke of Savary, in Aquitaine.--‘Romance of Valentine and Orson’ (15th cent.).
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He would faint if one was held near his nose Schenck says that the noble family of Fystates in Aquitaine had a similar peculiarity--an innate hatred of apples.
Clodomir, king of Aquitaine, after his victory pursuing Gondemar, king of Burgundy, beaten and making off as fast as he could for safety, compelled him to face about and make head, wherein his obstinacy deprived him of the fruit of his conquest, for he there lost his life.