Aunis

American  

[oh-nees] / oʊˈnis /

noun

1. a historic region in western France, on the Atlantic coast: once a fief of the duchy of Aquitaine.

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Example Sentences

It had been so that night with the gendarmes of Aunis; for seeing their chiefs abandon them, they agreed together to draw their ranks closer, instead of breaking them.

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Gascony, Aunis, and Saintonge sent their wines to Flanders; Guyenne sent hers to England.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

"Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre

It was not long before her hospitable walls sheltered fifty of the Protestant nobles of the neighboring provinces, fifty-five ministers, and fifteen hundred soldiers, chiefly from Saintonge, Aunis, and Poitou.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn