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Gironde

(jə ränd′; Fr z̸hē rōnd′)

noun

the Girondist Party

estuary in SW France, formed by the juncture of the Garonne & Dordogne rivers and flowing into the Bay of Biscay: c. 45 mi (72 km) long
historical region of France, on the Bay of Biscay

See Gironde in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An estuary of southwest France formed by the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers and opening into the Bay of Biscay.

noun

A moderate republican political party of Revolutionary France (1791-93).

Origin:

Origin: After Gironde, a department of southwest France

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Related Forms:

Gi·rondˈist noun

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