Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A native or an inhabitant of Auvergne, a former province in the central part of France, nearly corresponding to the modern departments of Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme.
  • noun A French wine of a deep-red color, made near Orleans: so called from the name of the variety of grape.

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  • I discovered this on accident a few years ago when a friend and I happened to stumble upon the blocks after blocks of everything auvergnat.

    I wish this was a post on the marche de l'aveyron Etienne 2008

  • I discovered this on accident a few years ago when a friend and I happened to stumble upon the blocks after blocks of everything auvergnat.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Etienne 2008

  • Where are the nights when exuberant friends were cheerfully drinking auvergnat gris out of bright-eyed, thin-stemmed, delicate glasses?

    languagehat.com languagehat 2010

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