Bourbonnais

[ boor-boh-ney, ber-boh-nis ]

/ ˌbʊər boʊˈneɪ, bərˈboʊ nɪs /

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noun

a town in NE Illinois.

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How to use Bourbonnais in a sentence

It is the quiet chef lieu of the Allier, and was once the capital of the Bourbonnais.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
I have my little estates in the South, in the Bourbonnais, and near to Orleans.
Dross|Henry Seton Merriman
He traveled through the night, and awoke as they passed through one of the pleasant valleys of the Bourbonnais.
The Magic Skin|Honore de Balzac
About half a mile in advance of his army was encamped a brigade named from the province of Bourbonnais.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

Then he turned westwards through the Nivernais and the Bourbonnais, and led his army through the uplands of Auvergne.
The History of England|T.F. Tout