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Lunéville

American  
[ly-ney-veel] / lü neɪˈvil /

noun

  1. a city in NE France, W of Strasbourg: treaty between France and Austria 1801.


Lunéville British  
/ lynevil /

noun

  1. a city in NE France: scene of the signing of the Peace of Lunéville between France and Austria (1801). Pop: 20 200 (1999)

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They use a tambour hook technique called Lunéville, named after the town in Lorraine where it emerged around 1810, having traveled the Silk Road from Asia.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021

In Germany the redistribution of territory necessitated by the peace of Lunéville was carried out professedly under the joint mediation of France and Russia, but really at the dictation of Napoleon.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

Europe after the Peace of Lunéville, 1801 146   III.

From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by Green, John Richard

It is written after the peace of Lunéville had sealed for Germany the loss of her provinces west of the Rhine, and subsequent to the disasters of the German arms at Hohenlinden and Marengo.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

In 1801 came the Treaty of Lunéville with Napoleon's bitter deception of Poland's hopes.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

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