Bayeux

[ bahy-yoo; French ba-yœ ]

noun

1. a town in Calvados, N France, in Normandy, near the English Channel: museum displaying the Bayeux tapestry, commemorating the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Bayeux

/ bajø /

noun

1. a town in NW France, on the River Aure: its museum houses the Bayeux tapestry and there is a 13th-century cathedral: dairy foods, plastic. Pop: 14 961 (1999)

Example Sentences

Another exhibit, dubbed a modern day Bayeux Tapestry, tells the story of the war-time landings in 80 woollen panels at the resort's Holy Trinity Church.

From BBC

International pipers dressed in green and yellow marched their way from Bayeux Cathedral to the Great Vigil at the Commonwealth War Grave Commission’s Bayeux War Cemetery.

From Seattle Times

Lamb said she had a special resolve to help drive the Nazis out of France, particularly the centers of art and culture like Caen and Bayeux, where she had studied before the war.

From Seattle Times

"D-Day tomorrow. Everybody quite excited. We land at Arromanches, clear three villages and Bayeux."

From BBC

On Wednesday evening, A Tribute to the Fallen includes a community vigil to fallen Allied soldiers who fought and died during D Day operations, including a live broadcast from Bayeux War Cemetery in France.

From BBC