Dauphine
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Dauphine is the female form of the particular French feudal (comital or princely) title of Dauphin (also anglicized as Dolphin), applied to the wife of a Dauphin (usually in the sense of heir to the French royal throne).
- Also derived from dauphin is the culinary fried potato dish pommes dauphines.
- It should not be confused with the French region Dauphiné (note the accent aigu on the final é)
- Is sometimes used an abbreviated reference for the Dauphiné Libéré bicycle race.
- A university, located nearby Porte Dauphine in Paris, called University of Paris-Dauphine
- Created in 1956, a French car by Renault was called Dauphine. The story behind the name is that as the 4CV was the Queen of the road, the next one should be the Dauphine.
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