Angoumois

American  

[ahng-goom-wah, ahn-goo-mwa] / ˌɑŋ gumˈwɑ, ɑ̃ guˈmwa /

noun

1. a region and former province of W France: famous as source of cognac.

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Example Sentences

The caterpillars of another type, Angoumois grain moths, develop and feed within whole kernels of grain or corn, or inside seeds.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

Unhappily church and cloister were delivered over to be "restored" by that arch-wrecker, Abbadie, who has done such incalculable mischief in Perigord and the Angoumois, and his hoof-mark is visible here.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Up to that time the northern coastlands of Aquitaine, lower Poitou, Saintonge, and Angoumois had remained almost entirely under their English lords.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William

It is a delightful example of a Romanesque style that is found much repeated in Périgord, Angoumois, and the Bordelais.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

Poitou, Saintonge, and the Angoumois yielded to his general Du Guesclin; and Rochelle was surrendered by its citizens in 1372.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard