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"bastide" has 3 syllables: bast-id-e. It rhymes with blastide, if that helps it stick.
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“One well-known bastide in Provence is the Bastide Neuve, located in the village of La Treille near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.”
“Bastides began to appear in numbers under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1229), which permitted Raymond VII of Toulouse to build new towns in his shattered domains, though not to fortify them.”
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"Bastide" has 3 syllables: bast · id · e.
Bastide: A mansion in Provence.
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