Troyes

[ trwah ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.

Troyes

/ trwa /

noun

1. an industrial city in NE France: became prosperous through its great fairs in the early Middle Ages. Pop: 60 958 (1999)

Example Sentences

Chretien de Troyes has Yvain and Gawain fighting anonymously for hours without stopping until night forces them to draw back.

From The Daily Beast

She died in the height of a nervous fever induced by an attack on her chateau at Troyes by the populace in 1793.

From Project Gutenberg

Invite all my friends in Troyes to a banquet in my name this day week, at which you will preside for me.

From Project Gutenberg

The grave was hardly covered before orders from the Bishop of Troyes arrived, forbidding the burial.

From Project Gutenberg

The first great impediment was the important city of Troyes, which was well garrisoned.

From Project Gutenberg

And Dunois is unable to state that Troyes was the first stage in the army's march from Gien.

From Project Gutenberg