Constance definition

känstəns
(place) Lake bounded by Switzerland, Germany, & Austria: 208 sq mi (539 sq km); c. 46 mi (74 km) long.
proper name
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A female given name.
pronoun
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(person, proper) A feminine name: dim. Connie.
noun
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Origin of constance

Constance Sentence Examples

  • His mother, Constance Dahn, nee Le Gay, was a noted actress.

  • When the truce expired in 1183, a permanent peace was ratified at Constance.

  • Having married Constance, daughter of Manfred of Beneventum, he came forward as the representative of the claims of the Hohenstaufen in Naples and Sicily against Charles, duke of Anjou.

  • The pope then took refuge with Carlo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, through whom he presented his resignation to the council of Constance on the 4th of July 1415.

  • Attempts have been made to improve submarine cables in this respect, and in 1906 a short cable " loaded " with Pupin coils was laid across Lake Constance.

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