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1 Bordeaux
1) A major port city in southwest France, on the Gironde, and capital of the Aquitaine region.2) Wine, and wine growing region. With Burgundy and Champagne,the Bordeaux region is one of the three most famous wine-producing regionsin France. Historically, its fame is at least in part due to the fact that of these three big wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux vineyard is the only one with immediate access to the sea, an advantage that has enabled it to be France's major wine exporting region for many centuries.In 1152, when queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married the English king Henry II, the Aquitaine region became economically integrated into the Anglo-Norman world, the Bordeaux region becoming a major supplier of wine for England. This historic wine exporting tradition helped Bordeaux to develop far stronger commercial links in the ensuing centuries, firmly establishing Bordeaux wines, often referred to generically in English as "clarets", on the international market.The Bordeaux vineyard is centered round the port city of Bordeaux, along the estuary of the Gironde, and the rivers Garonne and Dordogne. It is a large vineyard, and the geo-specific appellation "Bordeaux" covers an area stretching some 100 km both north-south and east-west.While the appellation contrôlée covers wines of medium quality from all over this region, many if not most of the top quality clarets grown in the overall area benefit from more specific and distinctive area appellations, such as Médoc, Graves or Saint Emilion, and even more local appellations such as Pauillac, Graves and Saint-Estèphe.Unlike other wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux area operates classifications of many of its top wines, notably those from the Médoc and Saint Emilion vineyards. The best estates in these areas have the right to sell wines designated as grand cru. Below the grand crus come other high quality wines designated as cru bourgeois.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Bordeaux
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2 Aliénor
[aljenɔr] nom propre
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Eleanor of Aquitaine — 1122? 1204; queen of France (1137 52) as the wife of Louis VII & queen of England (1154 89) as the wife of Henry II … English World dictionary
Eleanor of Aquitaine — For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Infobox British Royalty majesty consort name = Eleanor title = Duchess of Aquitaine; Countess of Poitiers Queen consort of the Franks Queen consort of the English caption =… … Wikipedia
Eleanor of Aquitaine — 1122? 1204, queen of Louis VII of France 1137 52; queen of Henry II of England 1154 89. * * * born с 1122 died April 1, 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, Fr. Queen consort of Louis VII of France (1137–80) and Henry II of England (1152–89), the most… … Universalium
Eleanor of Aquitaine — (ca. 1122–1204) Both admired and maligned, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most influential and powerful queens in the entire Middle Ages. Born ca. 1122 in Poitiers or Belin near Bordeaux as the daughter of Duke William X of Aquitaine, she … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Eleanor of Aquitaine — noun queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122 1204) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑queen * * * Eleanor of Aquitaine [Eleanor of Aquitaine] (1122–1204) a… … Useful english dictionary
Eleanor of Aquitaine — El′ea•nor of Aq′uitaine [[t]ˈɛl ə nər, ˌnɔr[/t]] n. big 1122?–1204, queen of Louis VII of France 1137–52; queen of Henry II of England 1154–89 … From formal English to slang
Eleanor of Aquitaine — /ˌɛlənər əv ˈækwəteɪn/ (say .eluhnuhr uhv akwuhtayn) noun 1122?–1204, queen of Louis VII of France (1137–52); queen of Henry II of England (1154–89); mother of King Richard I and King John of England …
Eleanor of England (disambiguation) — Eleanor of England may refer to:* Leonora of England (1161 ndash;1214), queen consort of Castile (Spain), wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile; daughter of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine * Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184 1241), daughter of… … Wikipedia
Eleanor — f English: from an Old French respelling of the Old Provençal name Alienor, which has been taken as a derivative of HELEN (SEE Helen), but is probably of Germanic derivation (with a first element ali other, foreign). The name was introduced to… … First names dictionary
Eleanor — also Elinor, from Provençal Ailenor, a variant of Leonore, introduced in England by Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 1204), wife of Henry II. The O.Fr. form of the name was Elienor … Etymology dictionary
Aquitaine — [ak′wə tān΄] 1. 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 2. metropolitan… … English World dictionary
