à Vaccent gascon, provençal, limouMn. The

accent of natives of Gascony, of the Provence (the Roman Provincia transalpina) and of Limousin, a région to the north of the former two districts, having Limoges for its principal city. The révolution swept away the original division of France into provinces (originaliy independent states) such as Normandy, Lorraine, Gascony, Poitou, Limousin, etc., sub- Btitutmg therefor a division purely administrative in departments, but the ancient names persist amongthe people, and in literatiure.