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Niçard (Classical orthography), nissart/Niçart (Mistralian orthography, IPA:), niçois (/ n iː ˈ s w ɑː / nee-SWAH, French: ⓘ), or nizzardo (Italian: [nitˈtsardo]) is the dialect that was historically spoken in the city of Nice, in France, and in a few surrounding communes.
Nice [a] (/ n iː s / NEESS; French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million [4] [3] on an area of 744 km 2 (287 sq mi). [3]
262 CE - Nice taken by Goth forces. [1] 859 - Nice sacked by Saracens. [2] 880 - Nice sacked by Saracens again. [2] 1388 - Dedication of Nice to Savoy effected. [2] 1538 - Peace treaty signed in Nice. 1543 - Siege of Nice by Turkish forces. [1] 1545 - Pont-Vieux, Nice (bridge) rebuilt. 1561 - Italian replaces Latin as official language of Nice.
The County of Nice as part of the Savoyard State.. Nice became part of the domains of the House of Savoy on 28 September 1388, with which Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, taking advantage of the internal struggles in Provence, negotiated with Giovanni Grimaldi, baron of Boglio (governor of Nice and the Eastern Provence) the passage of Nice and the Ubaye Valley to the Savoy domains, with the name ...
The French penetration began in the early 18th century when numerous Occitan peasants moved to the mountainous hinterland of the county of Nice occupied by the French, and reached its apogee at the time of the French Revolution when Nice was annexed to France for the first time. [2] Italians from Nice reacted with the guerrilla warfare of ...
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("Damn, he's gay, that guy there"). European French = PD / pédé: fin, fine: nice, sweet (of a person) In Europe = mignon, mignonne: flo: a kid (perhaps 10 years old or so) Might possibly be an anglicism from "fellow"; European French = môme / gosses / les drôles: fret(te) cold Denotes something colder than merely ça caille ! / Il fait ...
The French government sends 10,000 soldiers to Nice, closes the Italian newspaper Il Diritto di Nizza and imprisons several demonstrators. The population of Nice rose up from February 8 to 10 and the three days of demonstration took the name of "Niçard Vespers". The revolt is suppressed by French troops.