Minuit

American  

[min-yoo-it] / ˈmɪn yu ɪt /

noun

1. Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.

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Example Sentences

Finally, I come upon Rue Bernard Palissy, a short little street that, behind a modest, dark red door at No. 7, is home to Les Éditions de Minuit.

From Washington Post

One version of this legend maintains Minuit made the purchase from the Canarsie, but they resided in Queens, the western-most end of Long Island.

From Scientific American

And the circus will come to the Rose Theater: “Il N’est Pas Encore Minuit” features the 22 acrobats of the French circus collective Compagnie XY.

From New York Times

But I never could keep those old Dutch guys straight - Minuit and Stuyvesant.

From Washington Times

Four years later, he published an excerpt from his diaries with the underground Éditions de Minuit, using the title “In the Prison” and the pseudonym Cévennes.

From New York Times