Aurignac
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Au·ri·gnac
A village of southern France at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is the site of caves containing prehistoric relics.
Aurignac (ôrēnyäk'), village (1993 est. pop. 965), Haute-Garonne dept., S France, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Its caves, excavated in 1860, contain relics of prehistoric man of the Aurignacian period (see Paleolithic period).
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