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Coligny

American  
[kaw-lee-nyee] / kɔ liˈnji /
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

It was about six o'clock; Admiral Coligny had supped, and was picking his teeth as he walked upstairs between the two Calvinists.

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

Nobody could have fired at Coligny but you, or the Queen-mother, or one of the Guises.

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

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