Agen
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)
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