Synonyms:
Provence
Meaning: a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
Usage examples
Upon it might have been recognized some fragments of that agglutination of yellow limestone which is characteristic of the coast of Provence.
But he had failed to realize how it might extend to France; and when now he was obliged with his own eyes to witness the waves of ocean rolling over what once had been the lovely shores of Provence, he was well-nigh frantic with desperation.