Valois

American  

[va-lwa, val-wah] / vaˈlwa, ˈvæl wɑ /

noun

1. a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.

2. a county in the Île de France, which became united to the French crown in 1167 and was established as a duchy in 1406.

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Valois ¹ British  

/ valwa /

noun

1. a historic region and former duchy of N France

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Valois ² British  

/ valwa /

noun

1. a royal house of France, ruling from 1328 to 1589

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Valois ³ British  

/ ˈvælwɑː /

noun

1. See de Valois

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Example Sentences

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Valois

The most recent class of incoming dispatchers is 24 members, the largest in years, according to Valois, but they won’t be finished with training for six to nine more months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Police have set up road blocks around Valois in an attempt to stop the alleged gunman from leaving the country.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2023

The cast includes a pair of La Scala premiere veterans: Russian soprano Anna Netrebko as Elisabeth of Valois and Italian tenor Francesco Meli in the title role.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

It portrays a real-life Spanish prince, Don Carlo, and Elisabeth of Valois, a French princess, who are secretly in love, although she is betrothed to his father, King Philip II of Spain.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

The Second, who was call’d Madamoiselle de Valois, had been just marry’d to the Hereditary Prince of Modena, and set out with a Paraphernalia more grand than what is given to the Daughters of France.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von