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Picardy

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Picardy
A région of France.

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  • Picardy — ( fr. Picardie) is an historical province of France, in the north of France. The historical capital and largest city is Amiens. Whimsical enough is the origin of the name of Picards, and from thence of Picardie, which does not date earlier than… …   Wikipedia

  • Picardy — /pik euhr dee/, n. a region in N France: formerly a province. * * * French Picardie Région (pop., 1999: 1,857,834), encompassing the northern French départements of Oise, Somme, and Aisne and roughly coextensive with the historical region of… …   Universalium

  • Picardy — or French Picardie geographical name region & former province N France bordering on English Channel N of Normandy; chief town Amiens • Picard adjective or noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Picardy — География: Пикардия, (пров.) Пикардия (Франция) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • Picardy — [ pɪkədɪ] Пикардия …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

  • Picardy (hymn) — Picardy is a hymn tune used in Christian churches, based on a French carol; it is in a minor key and its meter is 8.7.8.7.8.7. Its name comes from the province of France from where it is thought to originate. The tune dates back at least to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Picardy (disambiguation) — Picardy may refer to: * Picardy historical province of France * Picardie modern region of France * Picardy (hymn) hymn tune * Picardy third music: major key ending to a minor key piece * Picard language regional language in northern France and… …   Wikipedia

  • Picardy third — This article is about a musical term. For other uses, see Picardy (disambiguation). Picardy third ending a i v i iv i v I progression   …   Wikipedia

  • Picardy Spaniel — Infobox Dogbreed name= Picardy Spaniel image caption= A Picardy Spaniel altname= Épagneul Picard nickname= country= France fcigroup= 7 fcisection= 1.2 fcinum= 108 fcistd= http://www.arba.org/PicardySpanielBS.htm akcstd= ankcgroup= ankcstd=… …   Wikipedia

  • Picardy third — Music. a major third in the final tonic chord of a composition written in a minor key. [trans. of F tierce de Picardy] * * * …   Universalium