Trianon
Americannoun
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either of two palaces in Versailles, the Grand Trianon or the Petit Trianon, built in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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the Treaty of Trianon.
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Between 1774 and 1785, Marie Antoinette redesigned the house and gardens of Le Petit Trianon, a satellite chateau of Versailles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
When Ben was an infant, the family fled to the United States to escape a pogrom of Jews after Transylvania was ceded by Hungary to Romania under the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023
In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon gave this area to Czechoslovakia.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
Marie Antoinette's own extravagances ran to near-constant renovations of her palace Petit Trianon.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2022
A line of rickshaws sits, ready to carry important passengers into Trianon or beyond.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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