| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Angoumois |
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| SYLLABICATION: | An·gou·mois |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä  g -mwä |
| A historical region and former province of western France in the Charente River valley. Occupied by Gallic peoples in pre-Roman times, it later was part of Aquitaine, was briefly ceded to England (1360–1373), and became a French duchy in 1515.
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