Bayeux

American  

[bahy-yoo, ba-yœ] / baɪˈyu, baˈyœ /

noun

1. a town in Calvados, N France, in Normandy, near the English Channel: museum displaying the Bayeux tapestry, commemorating the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

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Bayeux British  

/ bajø /

noun

1. a town in NW France, on the River Aure: its museum houses the Bayeux tapestry and there is a 13th-century cathedral: dairy foods, plastic. Pop: 14 961 (1999)

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Example Sentences

Stan is commemorated at the Bayeux Memorial in France, as well as at St Augustine's Church in his hometown.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The comet became one of the most famous symbols associated with the year 1066 and even appears in the Bayeux Tapestry, the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

A feasibility study for the transport of the Bayeux Tapestry to London, completed by three experts in March 2022, remains "confidential" at the request of the Normandy cultural authorities who commissioned it.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

He noted it had been kept safe "for centuries" in Bayeux, where it is kept in "tightly-controlled conditions".

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

The Allies have taken Bayeux, a village on the coast of France, and are now fighting for Caen.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank