Jonquière

American  

[zhawn-kyer] / ʒɔ̃ˈkyɛr /

noun

1. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.

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Example Sentences

Messrs. de la Jonquière and Bigot will permit some canoes to go there on license and will apply the funds as a gratuity to the officer in command there.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Six ships-of-war, including the flag-ship, were captured, with a host of prisoners, among whom was La Jonquière himself.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

Admiral de la Jonquière, the newly-appointed governor of Canada, was among the numerous captives who graced the triumph of the British fleet.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

Here they built a small stockade fort and called it Fort La Jonquière.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

A fleet of French men-of-war under one La Jonquière, an able commander, was ordered to go and retake Louisbourg,—that, at least, among other things.

From Greenwich Village by Cram, Allan G. (Allan Gilbert)