Aunis

American  

[oh-nees] / oʊˈnis /

noun

1. a historic region in western France, on the Atlantic coast: once a fief of the duchy of Aquitaine.

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Example Sentences

The gendarmes of Aunis, of whom our fugitives were claiming hospitality, had retired in good order after the defeat and the sauve qui peut of the chiefs.

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

It had been so that night with the gendarmes of Aunis; for seeing their chiefs abandon them, they agreed together to draw their ranks closer, instead of breaking them.

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

On the 4th of October the regiment of Aunis left the town, and all good citizens were handed over to the militia, "in uniform or not," they alone being armed.

From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John

CHARENTE-INF�RIEURE, a maritime department of south-western France, comprehending the old provinces of Saintonge and Aunis, and a small portion of Poitou, and including the islands of R�, Ol�ron, Aix and Madame.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

After this, says the chronicler, St. Louis returned to his dominion of France, leaving garrisons in all the strong places of Saintonge and Aunis.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart