Explore Anjou through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pear. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Anjou meaning
- A former county, duchy and province in the northwest of modern-day France.
- A noble family, associated with the county, from which came several dynasties and numerous counts and dukes.
- A town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Synonyms of Anjou
Using Anjou
- The main meaning on this page is: A former county, duchy and province in the northwest of modern-day France. | A noble family, associated with the county, from which came several dynasties and numerous counts and dukes. | A town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- Useful related words include: french region, pear.
- In the example corpus, anjou often appears in combinations such as: of anjou, anjou and, in anjou.
Context around Anjou
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anjou
- In this selection, "anjou" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, iyer, returned, leave, son, ruling and comes stand out and add context to how "anjou" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and leave anjou for good and anjou was not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anjou" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and amortization, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anjou
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like Vijay Iyer, Anjou is a philosopher-musician. (8 words)
Events Births * January 16 René of Anjou (d. (8 words)
Tountas added that Alpha tests all meat when it arrives in Anjou. (12 words)
Dunlop, p. 54. The dowry was never paid and would later play a part persuading Charles II of Spain to leave his empire to Philip, Duke of Anjou (later Philip V of Spain ), the grandson of Louis and Maria Theresa. (40 words)
Matilda left for Anjou, but Henry argued that the dowry had in fact originally belonged to him before it came into the possession of Fulk, and so declined to hand the estates back to Anjou. (35 words)
After his death, the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701 with the occupation of all Spanish possessions by French troops backing the claim of the French Philippe of Anjou to the Spanish throne. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Matilda left for Anjou, but Henry argued that the dowry had in fact originally belonged to him before it came into the possession of Fulk, and so declined to hand the estates back to Anjou.
This plan found also the support of Helen of Anjou, a cousin of Charles of Anjou, who was at that time ruling territories in North Albania.
Montreal police have turned to the public in an effort to find Bohdan Moschanski, 68, who was last seen in the borough of Anjou on July 11.
Tountas added that Alpha tests all meat when it arrives in Anjou.
In the fall of 1294, “holy stones” were included in the dowry of Ithamar Angeli for her marriage to Philip II of Anjou, son of King Charles II of Naples.
Like Vijay Iyer, Anjou is a philosopher-musician.
Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her.
After his death, the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701 with the occupation of all Spanish possessions by French troops backing the claim of the French Philippe of Anjou to the Spanish throne.
A major obstacle to this was represented by the conflict between the French House of Anjou ruling southern Italy, and the kingdom of Aragon in Spain.
Ancestors This representation of Margaret of Anjou comes from Illuminations From the Books of the Skinners Company, AD 1422.
Anjou was not in the direct line of French succession, thus his accession would not cause a Franco-Spanish union.
A peace agreement was signed in which John returned Anjou to Philip and paid the French king compensation; the truce was intended to last for six years.
As one moved south through Anjou and Aquitaine, the extent of Henry's power in the provinces diminished considerably, scarcely resembling the modern concept of an empire at all.
But after the sudden death of his son John in December 1470, René, for reasons which are not altogether clear, decided to move his residence to Provence and leave Anjou for good.
By August, Philip had taken Normandy and advanced south to occupy Anjou and Poitou as well.
Charles of Anjou contributed to the early medieval revival of learning, often referred to as the "Latin" Renaissance, by employing several Jewish scholars at the Universities of Salerno and Naples who were expert translators.
Depictions in fiction Margaret of Anjou is the main character in Susan Appleyard's 2015 book 'The Remorseless Queen'.
Dunlop, p. 54. The dowry was never paid and would later play a part persuading Charles II of Spain to leave his empire to Philip, Duke of Anjou (later Philip V of Spain ), the grandson of Louis and Maria Theresa.
England under the Plantagenets further Empress Matilda and Geoffroy's son, Henry, resumed the invasion; he was already Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy and Duke of Aquitaine when he landed in England.
Events Births * January 16 René of Anjou (d.
Common combinations with anjou
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of anjou 47×
- anjou and 10×
- in anjou 6×
- anjou but 2×
- anjou who 2×
- anjou is 2×
- anjou to 2×
- anjou was 2×
- and anjou 2×
- anjou as 2×