Aunis

[ oh-nees ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

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

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

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