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Lunéville

American  
[ly-ney-veel] / lü neɪˈvil /

noun

  1. a city in NE France, W of Strasbourg: treaty between France and Austria 1801.


Lunéville British  
/ lynevil /

noun

  1. a city in NE France: scene of the signing of the Peace of Lunéville between France and Austria (1801). Pop: 20 200 (1999)

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They use a tambour hook technique called Lunéville, named after the town in Lorraine where it emerged around 1810, having traveled the Silk Road from Asia.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021

As a further indemnity, Frederick William III was given certain districts on the left bank of the Rhine which had belonged to ecclesiastical and petty lay princes before the Treaty of Lunéville.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

In Germany the redistribution of territory necessitated by the peace of Lunéville was carried out professedly under the joint mediation of France and Russia, but really at the dictation of Napoleon.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

The cannoneers did not stay long in Lunéville.

From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Kilner, Frederic R.

The treaty of Lunéville was only the first of a series of treaties, by which France secured to herself a political position commensurate with her military glory.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

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