Guienne

American  

[gwee-yen] / gwiˈyɛn /

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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Example Sentences

But, mark my word, this will be no child's-play, for, methinks, the King will be loth to let Guienne slip through his fingers.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

At the end of the ancien r�gime Gascony was united with Guienne to form a great military government.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Guienne then formed a government which from the 17th century onwards was united with Gascony.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

In Languedoc, the great middle province of the south, Montmorency, son to the old Constable, was King in fact; in Guienne old Marshal Matignon.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

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 P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von