a river in W Europe, rising in S Switzerland in the Rhône glacier and flowing to Lake Geneva, then into France through gorges between the Alps and Jura and south to its delta on the Gulf of Lions: important esp for hydroelectricity and for wine production along its valley. Length: 812 km (505 miles) a department of E central France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Lyon. Pop: 1 621 718 (2003 est). Area: 3233 sq km (1261 sq miles)
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Rhone
(rōn),USA pronunciation n.
a department in E Central France: wine-growing region. 1,429,647; 1104 sq. mi. (2860 sq. km). Cap.: Lyons. French, Rhône
(rōn).USA pronunciation
- Place Namesa river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 mi. (810 km) long.
'Rhône' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ain
- Allier
- Ardèche
- Arles
- Avignon
- Beaujolais
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Camargue
- Cantal
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Drôme
- Geneva
- Grenache
- Haute-Loire
- Haute-Savoie
- Isère
- Jura
- Jura Mountains
- Languedoc
- Loire
- Lyon
- Lyonnais
- Lyons
- Marsanne
- Mulhouse
- Provence
- Puy de Dôme
- Rhone wine
- Rhône-Alpes
- Savoie
- Saône
- Sion
- Tavel
- Valais
- Valence
- Vienne
- marseilles
- mistral