Bévy

Bévy

Bévy is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

ee also

*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department


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  • Bevy — Bévy Bévy Ajouter une image Administration Pays France Région Bourgogne Département Côte d Or Arrondissement Dijon Canton …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bévy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bévy País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bevy — Bev y, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev[ e]e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See {Beverage}.] 1. A company;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bevy — index assemblage, band Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • bevy — (n.) early 15c., collective noun of quails and ladies, from Anglo Fr. bevée, of unknown origin. One supposed definition of the word is a drinking bout, but this is perhaps a misprint of bever, from O.Fr. beivre (see BEVERAGE (Cf. beverage)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • bevy — [n] swarm assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe; concept 432 Ant. individual, one …   New thesaurus

  • bevy — ► NOUN (pl. bevies) ▪ a large group of people or things. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • bevy — [bev′ē] n. pl. bevies [ME bevey < Anglo Fr bevée < OFr, a drinking bout < bevre: see BEVERAGE] 1. a group, esp. of girls or women 2. a flock: now said chiefly of quail 3. any group or collection SYN. GROUP …   English World dictionary

  • Bévy — 47° 10′ 47″ N 4° 51′ 19″ E / 47.1797222222, 4.85527777778 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bevy — UK [ˈbevɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms bevy : singular bevy plural bevies often humorous a group of people or things of the same kind bevy of: a bevy of young women …   English dictionary

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