Bourbonnais

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

/ ˌbʊər boʊˈneɪ, bərˈboʊ nɪs /

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a town in NE Illinois.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

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