Coligny

or Co·li·gni

[ kaw-lee-nyee ]

noun

1. Gas·pard de [g, a, -, spar, d, uh], 1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.

Coligny

/ kɔliɲi /

noun

1. ColignyGaspard de, Seigneur de Châtillon15191572MFrenchPOLITICS: Huguenot leader Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader

Example Sentences

One idea floated but not yet considered is a three-story parking garage at popular Coligny Beach, which could be used both for beachgoers and visitors to nearby businesses.

From Washington Times

He added, “The community of Coligny was terrorized by this.”

From New York Times

His death set off riots in the town of Coligny, about 125 miles west of Johannesburg.

From New York Times

As in all of South Africa, one of the world’s most unequal societies, racial tensions had simmered just below the surface in Coligny, where farms and other businesses are still largely owned by whites and other individuals who are not black South Africans.

From New York Times

The death sparked outrage and protests in the farming community of Coligny, about 125 miles northwest of Johannesburg, in a country where deep racial divisions persist 25 years after the end of white minority apartheid rule.

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