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La Croix-aux-Bois, in the Ardennes department; La Croix-aux-Mines, in the Vosges department; La Croix-Avranchin, in the Manche department; La Croix-Blanche, in the Lot-et-Garonne department; La Croix-Comtesse, in the Charente-Maritime department; La Croix-de-la-Rochette, in the Savoie department; La Croix-du-Perche, in the Eure-et-Loir department
Lacroix or La Croix is a French topographic surname meaning "the cross". It often referred to a person living near a market or roadside cross, or carrying a cross in a religious pageant. [ 1 ] Related names include Cross , LaCrosse , and Delacroix .
In French, it mainly means "fashionable", "trendy", but is occasionally a culinary term usually meaning something cooked with carrots and onions (as in bœuf à la mode). It can also mean "in the style or manner [of]" [ 61 ] (as in tripes à la mode de Caen ), and in this acceptation is similar to the shorter expression " à la ".
Italian, or French adage, meaning 'slowly, at ease.' Slow movements performed with fluidity and grace. One of the typical exercises of a traditional ballet class, done both at barre and in center, featuring slow, controlled movements. The section of a grand pas (e.g., grand pas de deux), often referred to as grand adage, that features dance ...
The name seems to be originated from the French term for field hockey, le jeu de la crosse. [ 25 ] James Smith described in some detail a game being played in 1757 by Mohawk people "wherein now they used a wooden ball, about 3 inches (7.6 cm) in diameter, and the instrument they moved it with was a strong staff about 5 feet (1.5 m) long, with a ...
Getty Images New Orleans, La., is an eclectic melting pot of different cultures. The city's colorful history includes Native Americans, the French and the Spanish. New Orleans, consequently, has a ...
(French pronunciation: [ʁi la kʁwa]), is a French brand of rolling paper. The company was sold in 1997 to Imperial Tobacco . The name "Rizla" came in 1886 ( riz being the French word for "rice" and La+ an abbreviation of Lacroix , "the cross"). [ 1 ]
Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort department; Croix-Caluyau, in the Nord department; Croix-Chapeau, in the Charente-Maritime department; Croix-en-Ternois, in the Pas-de-Calais department; Croix-Fonsomme, in the Aisne department; Croix-Mare, in the Seine-Maritime department; Croix-Moligneaux, in the Somme department