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In French, the État libre d'Orange is the name of the Orange Free State, an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. [1]
The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat [oːˈrɑɲə ˈvrɛistaːt]; Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [uˈraɲə ˈfrəistɑːt]) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.
In 2006, Etienne de Swardt founded the Etat Libre d'Orange, a gallery located in Paris, where he invited perfumers to create perfumes outside the constraints and traditional codes of the industry. Etienne de Swardt wanted to create an enclave of absolute freedom and olfactory libertinism and wrote a declaration of independence which became the ...
A flag and coat of arms were designed by the Hoge Raad van Adel. They duly arrived in the Orange Free State in January 1856, and the Volksraad (legislature) resolved on 28 February 1856 that "the design of the flag sent by the King of the Netherlands shall be adopted". [1]
French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
orange-brown, "rust" colour, not commonly used outside heraldic emblazoning. tête-à-tête lit. "head to head"; an intimate get-together or private conversation between two people. toilette the process of dressing or grooming. Also refers in French, when plural (les toilettes), to the toilet room. torsades de pointes
-Through the marriage of Willem of Orange with the granddaughter of Floris van Egmond, Anna van Egmond in 1551, Acquoy, together with Leerdam, became property of the House of Orange and part of the County of Holland. The shire of Acquoy was made a barony in that time.-In 1820 it became part of West Betuwe in Gelderland.
Estat Lliure d'Orange; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Oranžský svobodný stát; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Oranje-Freistaat; Usage on el.wikipedia.org Πρόεδρος του Ελεύθερου Κράτους της Οράγγης; Usage on eo.wikipedia.org Oranĝa Libera Ŝtato; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Estado Libre de Orange; Escudo de Sudáfrica