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    Paradiso" derives, via the French Grand paradis, from the Aosta Valley patois Granta Parey, which means large wall. It is the same etymology as nearby...
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    dent du Midi" or "la dent de Midi, but the inhabitants of the Val d'Illiez used "dents de Tsallen" or "dents de Zallen", from the Tsalin patois word meaning...
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    becomes grassy and downhill on the stretch towards Lac du Couloir - the first lake on the route - located just below the hill. In order to reach the summit...
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    the offbeat of the rhythm. It is common for reggae to be sung in Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English, and Iyaric dialects. Reggae is noted for its tradition...
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    semblables au fond de la population où ils vivent; ls parlent la langue ou le patois du pays." ["M. Roussel persists in seeing blond descendants of the Goths...
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    Largest Lobster. It is believed that chiac, a well-known Acadian French patois, was named after Shediac. Since its founding it has expanded several times...
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  • Le Choc des patois en Nouvelle-France: Essai sur l'histoire de la francisation au Canada (in French). Montreal: Presses de l'Université du Québec. ISBN 2-7605-0330-5...
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    the river. Earlier spellings have included 'Mortesna', 'Mortennam', and a patois version, 'Moutone'. For many years there was a widespread belief that the...
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    network. Route 9a Rennes <> Liffré <> Fougères Route 13 Fougères <> Vitré Route 17b Fougères <> Pontorson Route 18 Fougères <> Louvigné-du-Désert <>...
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    Retrieved 3 April 2011. Jean-Baptiste Onofrio : Essai d'un glossaire des patois de Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, Lyon 1864 "Pierre Alain Muet Archives...
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