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Coligny

American  
[kaw-lee-nyee] / kɔ liˈnyi /
Or Coligni

noun

  1. Gaspard de 1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.


Coligny British  
/ kɔliɲi /

noun

  1. Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader

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In 1961, on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Port Royal here, Sea Pines staged a blowout near Coligny Circle.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2017

At Coligny Beach Park, it was evident the storm surge made it well past the 50 yards of sand that are typically dry even at high tide.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016

Coligny demanded an immediate war with the Catholic Philip, and at the moment had the ear of Catherine's moody, weakbrained son, King Charles IX.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this time a grand gentleman—such as the Admiral de Coligny, for instance—had three rooms for himself in Paris, and his people lived in a neighboring hostelry.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

After the marriage of Henry of Navarre, Coligny, as we are told, suddenly retired from the banquet given upon the occasion at the Louvre.

From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William