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Definition of: Provencal
(prō′vən·säl′, Fr. prō·vä
·sál′) noun
1. A native or resident of Provence, France.
2. The Romance language of Provence: developed from langue d'oc, and used especially in the 12th and 13th centuries in the lyric literature of the troubadours.
—adjective Of or pertaining to Provence, its inhabitants, or their language. [<MF, of Provence <L provincialis <(nostra) provincia (our) province, i.e., Provence]
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