Provençal
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Provençal may refer to:
- Provençal, meaning "of ProvenceProvenceProvence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
", a region of France - Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the south-east of France
- Provençal, meaning the whole Occitan language
- The Franco-Provençal languageFranco-Provençal languageFranco-Provençal , Arpitan, or Romand is a Romance language with several distinct dialects that form a linguistic sub-group separate from Langue d'Oïl and Langue d'Oc. The name Franco-Provençal was given to the language by G.I...
, a distinct Romance language, which should not be confused with the Occitan language or with the Provençal dialect of the Occitan language - Provencal, LouisianaProvencal, LouisianaProvencal is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 708 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Provencal is located at ....
, a village in the United States - Provencal, an alternative name for the Italian wine grape DolcettoDolcettoDolcetto is a black wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The Italian word dolcetto means "little sweet one", but it is not certain that the name originally carried any reference to the grape’s sugar levels: it is possible that it derives from the name of the...