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

The British Museum Thursday vowed to protect the Bayeux Tapestry, after renowned UK artist David Hockney warned that sending it across the Channel from France for an exhibition this year was "madness".

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 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

My favorite is a sketch for a French translation with all our favorite characters looking delightfully at home on the Bayeux Tapestry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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