Meaning Of The Word Aquitaine

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Aquitaine in American English
historical region of SW France: orig., a division of Gaul; later, a duchy under the French crown, passed to English control when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II; returned to France after Hundred Years' War

Aquitaine in British English
noun: a former region of SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: previously a Roman province and medieval duchy. It is generally flat in the west, rising to the slopes of the Massif Central in the northeast and the Pyrenees in the south; mainly agricultural

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