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Coligny

American  
[kaw-lee-nyee] / kɔ liˈnyi /
Or Coligni

noun

  1. Gaspard de 1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.


Coligny British  
/ kɔliɲi /

noun

  1. Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader

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In 1961, on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Port Royal here, Sea Pines staged a blowout near Coligny Circle.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2017

At Coligny Beach Park, it was evident the storm surge made it well past the 50 yards of sand that are typically dry even at high tide.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

Coligny demanded an immediate war with the Catholic Philip, and at the moment had the ear of Catherine's moody, weakbrained son, King Charles IX.

From Time Magazine Archive

Guise then made common cause with his old rival Montmorency and with the Marshal de Saint Andr� against Catherine, the Bourbons and Coligny.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Nobody could have fired at Coligny but you, or the Queen-mother, or one of the Guises.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de