Picardy (/ˈpɪkərdi/; Picard and French: Picardie, French: [pikaʁdi] , Picard: [piˈkaʀdi]) is a historical and cultural territory and a former administrative...
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A Picardy third, (/ˈpɪkərdi/; French: tierce picarde) also known as a Picardy cadence or Tierce de Picardie, is a major chord of the tonic at the end...
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Look up Picardy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Picardy is a historical territory of France. Picardy may also refer to: Picardy (hymn), a hymn tune...
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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...
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Sweating sickness (section Picardy sweat)
doubt the identity of sudor anglicus and Picardy sweat." There were also notable differences between the Picardy sweat and the English sweating sickness...
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The Blue Picardy Spaniel (or Épagneul Bleu de Picardie) is a breed of Spaniel originating in France, from the area around the mouth of the River Somme...
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Picardy cuisine (French: la cuisine Picarde) refers to foods and food products from different departments of the Picardy region of France including Aisne...
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The Picardy sweat was an infectious disease of unknown cause and one of the only diseases that resembles the English sweating sickness. The Picardy sweat...
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"Roses of Picardy" is a popular British song with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co,...
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The Picardy Spaniel is a breed of dog developed in France for use as a gundog. It is related to the Blue Picardy Spaniel, and still has many similarities...
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Berger Picard (redirect from Picardy Shepherd)
bair-ZHAY pih-KAR, French: [bɛʁʒe pikaʁ]) or Picardy Shepherd, is a French herding dog originating in Picardy. These dogs nearly became extinct after both...
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Picardy Wallonia (French: Wallonie picarde, pronounced [walɔni pikaʁd]; Picard: Walonnie picarte) or Western Hainaut (French: Hainaut-Occidental; Picard:...
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Hauts-de-France (redirect from Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy)
reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January...
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Guise (redirect from Guise, Picardy)
Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡɥiz]; Dutch: Wieze) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The city was the birthplace...
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Battle of Amiens (1918) (redirect from Third Battle of Picardy)
The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known...
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This is a list of châteaux in the French region of Picardy. Château d'Autremencourt in Autremencourt Château de Blérancourt in Blérancourt Château de...
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Operation Michael (redirect from 2nd Battle of Picardy)
Battles of the Somme, 1918, whilst the French call it the Second Battle of Picardy (2ème Bataille de Picardie). The failure of the offensive marked the beginning...
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1°35′45″E / 50.5174°N 1.59586389°E / 50.5174; 1.59586389 The Royal Picardy was a luxury hotel in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France which was built in...
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Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright. The title...
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University of Picardy Jules Verne (French: Université de Picardie Jules Verne; UPJV) is a public university located in the former Picardy region of France...
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Elizabeth sent a force of some 4,200 men under Thomas Baskerville to Picardy, joining Henry's forces. The Anglo-French force arrived, then besieged...
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Château-Thierry (redirect from Château-Thierry, Picardy)
Château-Thierry (French: [ʃɑto tjeʁi]; Picard: Catieu-Thierry) is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region...
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The coat of arms of Picardy quarters the old royal coat of arms of France (blue with three gold fleurs-de-lis) with three red lions on silver. The flag...
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Ficelle picarde (category Picardy cuisine)
Ficelle picarde ("Picardy string") is a dish of Picardy, northern France, consisting of a rolled savoury crêpe stuffed with a slice of ham and a creamed...
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Picard language (redirect from Picardy language)
of Tournai and Mons (Walloon Picardy). The language or dialect is referred to by different names, as residents of Picardy call it simply Picard, but in...
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Albert, Somme (redirect from Albert, Picardy)
Retrieved 2 April 2017. Tucker, Alan. "Birmingham: Godmother of Albert in Picardy". Stand To! (82). Western Front Association. Population en historique depuis...
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region of Picardy. The first Miss Picardy was crowned in 1927, although the title was not used regularly until 1985. The current Miss Picardy is Marina...
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Joan, Countess of Ponthieu (redirect from Jeanne de Dammartin, the French-born Countess of Ponthieu in Picardy)
too, died, leaving two children. But according to inheritance customs in Picardy, where Ponthieu lay, Joan's young grandson John of Ponthieu could not succeed...
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As well as seven outlets in Amiens, they have shops in other cities in Picardy and the north of France – Lille, Arras and Saint-Quentin. Trogneux have...
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Picardy is an Australian winery at Pemberton, in the Pemberton wine region of Western Australia. It was established in 1993 by Dr. Bill Pannell, his wife...
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