Guienne

American  

[gwee-yen] / gwiˈjɛn /

Or Guyenne

noun

1. a former province in SW France.

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Guienne British  

/ ɡɥijɛn /

noun

1. a former province of SW France: formed, with Gascony, the duchy of Aquitaine during the 12th century

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Guienne

He avoided the English provinces of Poitou and Guienne, and rode southwards through Berry, Auvergne and Languedoc.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Robert Lord Hungerford, who served in the wars in France and Guienne, and died in 1453.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Upon the Death of King Lewis XIV. he was admitted to the Council of the Regency, and sent soon after to command in Guienne.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II 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 Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

Cardinal Beaufort, and after him Suffolk, sought by working for peace to secure at least Guienne and Normandy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The Care of the Prince of Anhalt's Education was committed to M. de Chalisac, a Native of Guienne.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I 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 Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz