Limousin

[ lee-moo-zan ]

/ li muˈzɛ̃ /

a former province in central France.

one of a breed of hardy French beef cattle, now popular in the U.S.

Example sentences from the Web for limousin

It contains an exquisitely drawn picture of his own childhood in the Limousin; its value for the literary historian is very great.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6 |Various
Three of the Avignon popes were natives of art-loving Limousin.

How France Built Her Cathedrals |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
In the churches of Limousin, between Christmas and the Purification, is found a rustic monument called crib.

Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 |Various
Two days after, all his relatives from the Limousin were swooping into Paris like a pack of wolves.

Other People's Money |Emile Gaboriau

This fellow was at the head of four or five hundred men, and possessed two very strong castles in Limousin and Auvergne.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions |Charles Mackay

Limousin ¹

/ (French limuzɛ̃) /

a region and former province of W central France, in the W part of the Massif Central

Limousin ²

/ (ˈlɪmʊˌzɛ̃) /

a breed of fairly large yellowish-to-reddish-gold beef cattle originally from France