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âٱ
[ sha-toh; French shah-toh ]
noun
- (in France) a castle or fortress.
- a stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
- a country estate, especially a fine one, in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
- (often initial capital letter) a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France: often used as part of the name of a wine.
chateau
/ ˈʃætəʊ; ʃɑto /
noun
- a country house, castle, or manor house, esp in France
- (in Quebec) the residence of a seigneur or (formerly) a governor
- (in the name of a wine) estate or vineyard
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of âٱ1
Example Sentences
She now sits comfortably inside the courtyard of the Chateau, 13 years after “Video Games” made iconic the TMZ footage of her stumbling away from a Golden Globes after-party hosted at the hotel.
Let’s begin with that night at the Chateau.
“I am technically a princess,” says Paz de la Huerta over lunch at the Chateau Marmont — her castle, if you recall her appearance in Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games.”
In a newsie cap and a well-fitted Canadian tux, the 27-year-old singer sat comfortably in a corner booth in the Chateau Marmont’s restaurant, sipping a glass of Bordeaux.
“She knew I would end up f—ed up or dead if she didn’t give me that $50 .… And thank God, I’m here in the Chateau now.”
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