ANJOU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anjou mean? 

• ANJOU (noun)
  The noun ANJOU has 2 senses:

1. a former province of western France in the Loire valley

2. a pear with firm flesh and a green skin

  Familiarity information: ANJOU used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANJOU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A former province of western France in the Loire valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Meronyms (members of "Anjou"):

Angevin; Angevine (a resident of Anjou)

Holonyms ("Anjou" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pear with firm flesh and a green skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("anjou" is a kind of...):

pear (sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties)

 Context examples 

Anjou, however, is a very good land for bowmen, for wine and women are all that heart could wish.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was at the first fall of the leaf that the prince set forth, and he passed through Auvergne, and Berry, and Anjou, and Touraine.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“These are the levies of France, for I can see the ensigns of the Marshal d'Andreghen, with that of the Lord of Antoing and of Briseuil, and of many another from Brittany and Anjou.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is certain also, that the brave and worthy Bertrand de Guesclin hath ridden into France to the Duke of Anjou, and purposes to take back with him great levies from Picardy and Brittany.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)