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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

Cond�, Coligny, and the other Calvinists soon learned that the edict was not worth the paper on which it was written.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Their great leaders were Coligny and the Bourbon princes, the most distinguished of whom was Henry of Navarre.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene