Plage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pleɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plage is a noun meaning (geography, obsolete) A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
Meaning
(geography, obsolete) A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
More Meanings
- (astronomy) A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
Example Sentences
King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage.
In the Heauens, they supposed a burning Zone; in the Earth, a Plage [translating Latin plaga], plagued with scorching heats.
Tam[burlaine]. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Feſſe, You that haue martcht with happie Tamburlain, As far as from the frozen place ^([sic – meaning plage]) of heauen, Unto the watrie mornings ruddy hower ^([sic – meaning bower]).
Word Forms
- plages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include climate, palaeoclimate, paleoclimate, palaeoclimatology, paleoclimatology, plowzone.
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