Provencal
n.
resident of Provence (region in France)
adj.
relating to or of Provence (region in France) or its population or its culture
n.
French dialect spoken in Provence; Occitan, language that was once widely spoken in France
Provençal
Provençal (Provençau) is one of several dialects of
Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern
France and other areas of France and
Italy.In the English-speaking world, "Provençal" is often used to refer to all dialects of Occitan, but actually refers specifically to the dialect spoken in the former
province of
Provence as well as south of
Dauphiné and the
Nîmes region in
Languedoc and the upper valleys of
Piedmont, Italy (Val Maira, Val Varacha, Val d'Estura, Entraigas, Limon, Vinai,
Pignerol, Sestriera). Outside Europe, the language in spoken mainly in the Northern Californian counties of
Tehama,
Siskiyou,
Napa,
Alpine and
Mono counties, especially in the Mono County town of
Chalfant Valley. A small community in
Los Angeles and
Santa Barbara counties also exists in Southern California.
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Provencal
Noun
1. the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
(synonym) Occitan
(hypernym) Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc French
provençal
adj.
provencal
provençal (m)
n.
Provencal, resident of Provence (region in France); French dialect spoken in Provence; Occitan, language that was once widely spoken in France
provençal
adj.
Provencal, resident of Provence (region in France)
provençal (m)
n.
Provencal, resident of Provence (region in France)