Aunis

American  

[oh-nees] / oʊˈnis /

noun

1. a historic region in western France, on the Atlantic coast: once a fief of the duchy of Aquitaine.

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Aunis

It was not long before her hospitable walls sheltered fifty of the Protestant nobles of the neighboring provinces, fifty-five ministers, and fifteen hundred soldiers, chiefly from Saintonge, Aunis, and Poitou.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

Or, why might not both be reinforced by the troops of La Noue, who had been accomplishing such exploits in Aunis and Saintonge?

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

"Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père

"Let me take one hundred of the gendarmes of Aunis; I have plenty of friends there, and can choose whom I like."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père