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 road is level, but the scenes pleasing and the air fine; though, as you advance in the ancient Aunis, towards the sea, low grounds, which have been marshes, extend to a considerable distance.

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

DEUX-S�VRES, an inland department of western France, formed in 1790 mainly of the three districts of Poitou, Thouarsais, G�tine and Niortais, added to a small portion of Saintonge and a still smaller portion of Aunis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

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

The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

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