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âٱ
[sha-toh, shah-toh]
noun
plural
âٱx, âٱs(in France) a castle or fortress.
a stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
a country estate, especially a fine one, in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
(often initial capital letter)a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France: often used as part of the name of a wine.
chateau
/ ˈʃætəʊ, ʃɑto /
noun
a country house, castle, or manor house, esp in France
(in Quebec) the residence of a seigneur or (formerly) a governor
(in the name of a wine) estate or vineyard
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chateau1
Example Sentences
He amassed an estimated fortune of £300m which he used to buy a West Country mansion, a French chateau with its own golf course, a jet, turboprop-powered helicopters, a £750,000 yacht, and a classic car collection including Porsches and Ferraris.
"Like the Château de Versailles and the specialists who classified the furniture as national treasures, the Kraemer gallery was a victim of the forgers," they added.
When I’ve taken students to Versailles, I’ve noticed that as much as they admire the size and ambitiousness of the âٱ that Louis XIV declared the center of French government, they nonetheless agree with the caustic assessment of the Duke de Saint-Simon, Louis XIV’s greatest critic: It’s “a masterpiece of bad taste.”
Jeffrey Wood had pleaded guilty to stealing the original print from Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel between Christmas 2021 and early January 2022.
"We're very happy to see that Canadian history is recognised," said Geneviève Dumas, the general manager of the Château Laurier hotel, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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