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It's definitely "aire." It shows up in my dictionary as "area" or "space."
I'm curious why you thought it wasn't a word in current French usage... I
don't know the word "aître" and it's not in my (pocket) dictionary. What
does it mean?
The gutenberg.org translation of the novel calls Saint Mittre "a greatly
honoured Provençal saint," but as I said, I can't find any evidence of such
a saint anywhere, including French websites.
Thanks,
MG
p.s. The cemetery is a "former" one, so the "Saint-Mittre area" would be a
reasonable appelation. I guess I should go back to gutenberg to find out how
"aire" is translated.
>From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [M-R] Saint Mittre
>Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:51:22 -0500
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> > In the opening tome of Zola's _Les Rougon-Macquart_, there is a former
> > cemetery located in the "aire Saint-Mittre."
>
>Marjorie,
>I don't know about the saint, but "aire" should probably be "aître", unless
>it
>represents a local dialect of some sort.
>Cheers,
>Jim Bugslag
>
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