Aveyron
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Among the precursors of the two-part documentary “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is Francois Truffaut’s “The Wild Child” of 1970, the dramatized story of Victor of Aveyron, the celebrated feral enfant of late 1700s France.
Passionate about castles since his childhood and determined to live in one, he hit upon the idea of "Kapla" while building a wooden architectural model for his first major building project in the remote Aveyron region of southern France in the 1970s.
From Barron's
Van der Bruggen spent 16 years constructing his first castle in Aveyron from scratch, living there without electricity for six and growing his own vegetables.
From Barron's
Prosecutors said they had lived in the Aveyron region for five years.
From BBC
Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages was born in Rodez, in the Aveyron region of southern France, on Dec. 24, 1919.
From Washington Post
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