La Chouette, Dinton
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La Chouette, Dinton
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 24 Sep 2006
La Chouette is a very good Belgian Restaurant in the beautiful village of Dinton. Chouette is an interesting word - "chou" is cabbage, so "chouette" could be little cabbage - and as such has become a term of endearment. Alternatively, chouette can also mean "great" or "the great one". However, this restaurant's sign gives the clue as to yet another meaning for the word - which is a rather old-fashioned (I believe) word for an owl, more usually referred to as "l'hibou" these days apparently - though I'm ready to be corrected by any French (or Belgian of course) visitors to this site !
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Image Location
Latitude
51.787079
Longitude
-0.896683