English

Alternative forms

• Dauphiny

Proper noun

Dauphiné

1. (historical) A former province of southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
   • 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:

     At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 161:

     Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.

Related terms

• dauphinois, Dauphinois
• delphinal