Provençaux

A form of Provençal — Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Provençal

    Whereas these latter would stand and fight off the corsairs, the Provençaux would flee or strike sails.

    2015, Peter N. Miller, Peiresc’s Mediterranean World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 218
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