French: extrême avancéeEnglish translation: furthest outpost 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | extrême avancée | | English translation: | furthest outpost | | Entered by: | femme |
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Geography / History Piece | | French term or phrase: extrême avancée | I'm having a difficult time adapting this phrase to the rest of the translated context. Is it something like "extends the farthest along Grande Bleue on the French coastline?" I assume it is referring to Toulon (la ville), and "celui-ci" refers to the port, and does "celui de Gène" refer to a gulf or port? These 2 words (and the phrase I have entered) are really throwing me off.
Context:
"Les rois de France ont fait de Toulon le plus grand port de guerre de la Méditerranée. En effet, **extrême avancée** de la côte française sur la Grande Bleue, celui-ci surveille à la fois le golfe de Lyon et celui de Gènes."
Mille Mercis!
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseDrmanu49: 3:27pm Dec 5, 2007: I guess it is clear from the source text that it is the Southernmost French military/navy "war" port for French kings at that time. It seems clear this is not about fihing or leisure.
Drmanu49: 3:29pm Dec 5, 2007: Sorry, add an s to fishing!
Drmanu49: 3:33pm Dec 5, 2007: and it is gulf in both cases (de Gênes et du Lion).
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| | furthest outpost | Explanation:
retains the semi-military terminology.
And "celui" does indeed refer to "le golfe".
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 Carol Gullidge
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Explanation:
http://boutique.info-grece.com/product_info.php/manufacturer...
This tells you that la Grande Bleue is the Mediterranean
the extrême avancée means that Toulon is on the point of the Coast in the South of France that extends the furthest south into the Mediterranean
It means that Toulon, at France's southern tip in the Mediterranean, is in a good position to survey the Gulf of Lyon to the one side and the Gulf of Genoa (Italy) to the other
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