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

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

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

Gascony, Aunis, and Saintonge sent their wines to Flanders; Guyenne sent hers to England.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

After this, says the chronicler, St. Louis returned to his dominion of France, leaving garrisons in all the strong places of Saintonge and Aunis.

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

The other part will meanwhile draw towards Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois, and Gascony, as well as Perigord, Medoc, and Elanes.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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