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
The bucolic setting between the Petit Trianon and the English Gardens of Marie Antoinette welcomed a playful menagerie of sculpted bronze animals dispersed mainly outdoors.
From New York Times • May 5, 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
After his lecture, swarms of admirers surrounded him, and I didn’t have the courage to break in before he and his wife, Ava Helen, went back to the nearby Trianon Hotel.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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