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

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 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

"Let me take one hundred of the gendarmes of Aunis; I have plenty of friends there, and can choose whom I like."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

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

"Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre