English to afrikaans meaning of

picardy

Pikardie is 'n streek in Noord-Frankryk wat histories bekend was vir sy landbou, veral sy produksie van koring en suikerbeet. Die naam "Pikardie" is afgelei van die Picard-taal, wat tot in die 17de eeu in die streek gepraat is. Die streek is bekend vir sy historiese landmerke, insluitend die Gotiese katedrale van Amiens en Beauvais, sowel as die château de Chantilly.

Synonyms

  1. picardie

Sentence Examples

  1. The regiments of Picardy, Navarre, Normandy, and Royal Vaisseau, followed after.
  2. Normandy and Picardy had taken positions in the rocks dominated by the heights of the mountain, upon the declivity of which were raised the bastions of Gigelli.
  3. At length one presented himself he was a sharp-shooter of the regiment of Picardy, named Luzerne, who took aim at the animal, fired, and hit him in the quarters, for we saw the blood redden the hair of the horse.
  4. An inexpressible shudder of fear and horror seized his soul as he recognized the white and blue uniforms of the soldiers of Picardy, with their long pikes and blue handles, and muskets marked with the fleur-de-lis on the butts.
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