Definition of "Dauphiné"

At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.

1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments

Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161