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a department in SW France. 2079 sq. mi. (5385 sq. km).
Capital: Agen.
Historical Examples

The family of Toussaint were first sent to Bayonne, and afterwards to agen, where one of the sons died of a decline.
The Hour and the Man Harriet Martineau

But then, agen, they’d ‘ave to consider as it wor diamonds as you tuk.
Sue, A Little Heroine L. T. Meade

It was Sister Boe, the schoolmistress of agen, who had offered to teach the boy gratuitously the elements of reading and writing.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Samuel Smiles

It may be to-morrow; or, agen, it mayn’t be fur a week, or even more.
Sue, A Little Heroine L. T. Meade

The place was at too great a distance from agen for him to walk thither, and accordingly he was obliged to take a conveyance.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Samuel Smiles

And is this Pierre, who saved your life when you were captured at agen?
Saint Bartholomew’s Eve G. A. Henty

Paul de Musset thus describes his visit to the poet at agen.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Samuel Smiles

This man claimed to BE the resurrection, of as Wyclif had it, “the agen risying and lyf.”
We Two Edna Lyall

Don’t send Tammy agen without you know it’s safe and send him after midnite.
Double Challenge James Arthur Kjelgaard

After a pause, “That seems right,” said the Elder; “thar’ ain’t nothin’ agen that.”
Elder Conklin Frank Harris

noun
a market town in SW France, on the Garonne river. Pop: 30 170 (1999)
noun
a department of SW France, in Aquitaine. Capital: Agen. Pop: 309 993 (2003 est). Area: 5385 sq km (2100 sq miles)