Avignon

/ˈævənˌjɔn/
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Definitions of Avignon
  1. noun
    a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
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    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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