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dauphine

1

[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]

noun

plural dauphines
  1. the wife of a dauphin.


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2

[ doh-fee-ney ]

noun

  1. a historical region and former province of SE France.

dauphine

1

/ dofin; ˈdɔːfiːn; ˈdɔːfɪnɪs; dɔːˈfiːn /

noun

  1. French history the wife of a dauphin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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2

/ dofine /

noun

  1. a former province of SE France: its rulers, the Counts of Vienne, assumed the title of dauphin; annexed to France in 1457
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dauphine1

1860–65; < French; Middle French dalfine, feminine of dalphin dauphin
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Regional newspaper Le ٲܱ󾱲é Libéré reported Maldera left the BMW he was driving and attempted to escape on foot across the motorway.

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She died shortly afterwards, after experiencing traumatic shock, according to French news outlet Le Dauphine.

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There will be five residential areas, each named after a well-known area of Paris: Abbesses, Bastille, Dauphine, Étoile, Fêtes.

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Two delivery men, aged 23 and 26, were arrested after leaving a package at the Laue Langevin Institute and telling guards as they left, “We did it. We delivered a bomb,” the local Le Dauphine Libere reported.

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Starting in the Basque Country in northern Spain, the mountainous nature of this year’s course, which features only one time trial, could well give Vingegaard an edge again, as his recent win at the Criterium du Dauphine — a tough stage race serving as a rehearsal for the Tour — suggested.

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