Roussillon

[ roo-see-yohn; French roo-see-yawn ]

/ ˌru siˈyoʊn; French ru siˈyɔ̃ /

a historic region in S France, on the border of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.

Example sentences from the Web for roussillon

He then sent to a Spanish squadron, under Langara, cruising off the coast of Roussillon, with a request for help.

William Pitt and the Great War |John Holland Rose
Corps of observation were formed in Roussillon and Lorraine.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 |Various
Rich men in Roussillon were heretics or the children of heretics.

The White Plumes of Navarre |Samuel Rutherford Crockett
Also, she asked for some of our Roussillon as a payment for what she had done.

Yule Logs |Various

Take the best Roussillon, the wine of the ex-marquis,—we are not babes.

An Historical Mystery |Honore de Balzac

Roussillon

/ (French rusijɔ̃) /

a former province of S France: united with Aragon in 1172; passed to the French crown in 1659; now forms part of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon