Aunis

[ oh-nees ]

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

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How to use Aunis in a sentence

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

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen | Alexandre Dumas
  • Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently.

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen | Alexandre Dumas