anjou
IPA: ˈændʒu
Root Word: Anjou
noun
- (historical) A former county, duchy and province in the northwest of modern-day France.
- (historical) A noble family, associated with the county, from which came several dynasties and numerous counts and dukes.
- A town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- A type of green-skinned pear.
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Examples of "anjou" in Sentences
- The Gaucher son of a member of Anjou.
- Anjou continued on to the Netherlands.
- Geoffrey wanted to be the count of Anjou, but he wasn't.
- The Duke of Anjou was not very popular with the population.
- Angers was once the capital of the historic province of Anjou.
- Fulk was thereafter under the suzerainty of the counts of Anjou.
- In later years Arnulf was in the entourage of count Fulk V of Anjou.
- Served in the cavalry of Charles of Anjou in the conquest of Naples.
- Red Anjou pears are very similar to the original Anjou other than color.
- She was the Abbess of Fontevraud, the ancient and wealthy convent in Anjou.
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