french region
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1. a geographical subdivision of France (noun.location)
| instance hyponym | : | alsace, alsatia, elsass, |
| definition | : | a region of northeastern France famous for its wines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | anjou, |
| definition | : | a former province of western France in the Loire valley (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | aquitaine, aquitania, |
| definition | : | a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | artois, |
| definition | : | a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | auvergne, |
| definition | : | a region in central France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bourgogne, burgundy, |
| definition | : | a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | breiz, bretagne, brittany, |
| definition | : | a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | centre, |
| definition | : | a low-lying region in central France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | corse, corsica, |
| definition | : | a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | franche-comte, |
| definition | : | a former province of eastern France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gascogne, gascony, |
| definition | : | a region of southwestern France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ile-de-france, |
| definition | : | a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | languedoc-roussillon, |
| definition | : | a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | limousin, |
| definition | : | a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lorraine, lothringen, |
| definition | : | an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | martinique, |
| definition | : | an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mayenne, |
| definition | : | a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | midi-pyrenees, |
| definition | : | a region in southwestern France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nord-pas-de-calais, |
| definition | : | a region in northeastern France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | pays de la loire, |
| definition | : | an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | picardie, picardy, |
| definition | : | a region of northern France on the English Channel (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | poitou, poitou-charentes, |
| definition | : | a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | rhone-alpes, |
| definition | : | a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | provence, |
| definition | : | a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | france, french republic, |
| definition | : | a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe (noun.location) |
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