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Alençon (UK: / æ ˈ l ɒ̃ s ɒ̃ /, [3] US: / ˌ æ l ɒ̃ ˈ s oʊ n /, [4] French: [alɑ̃sɔ̃] ⓘ; Norman: Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, and the capital of the Orne department. [5] It is situated 173 kilometres (107 mi) west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people).
The Queen is shown wearing a dress trimmed with Alençon lace. Alençon lace (UK: / ˈ æ l ən s ɒ n, æ ˈ l ɒ̃ s ɒ̃ /, [1] US: / ə ˈ l ɛ n s ɒ n,-s ən /) [2] [3] or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France.
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The correct way to say the French town includes dropping, well, basically everything: The "c" in the beginning turns into a "k" and the "s" at the end is silent. Some say that "a" becomes an "e ...
French also shows enormous phonetic changes between the Old French period and the modern language. Spelling, however, has barely changed, which accounts for the wide differences between current spelling and pronunciation. Some of the most profound changes have been: The loss of almost all final consonants.
Provençal (/ ˌ p r ɒ v ɒ̃ ˈ s ɑː l /, also UK: /-s æ l /, [4] US: / ˌ p r oʊ-,-v ən-/, French: [pʁɔvɑ̃sal]; Occitan: provençau or prouvençau [pʀuvenˈsaw]) is a variety of Occitan, [5] [6] spoken by people in Provence and parts of Drôme and Gard. The term Provençal used to refer to the entire Occitan language, but more ...
Peter II of Alençon (French: Pierre d'Alençon) was born in 1340 to Charles II, Count of Alençon and Perche and his wife, Maria de la Cerda, Countess of Alençon.Upon his father's death in 1346, Peter's elder brother, Charles, inherited the title of "Count of Alençon".
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