Avignon. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Avignon

SYLLABICATION:	A·vi·gnon
PRONUNCIATION:	ä-v-nyô
	A city of southeast France on the Rhone River. It was the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of several antipopes from 1378 to 1417. Population: 89,132.


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