Definition of bayonne Bayonne

/bejˌjowˈn/ - [beyyown] - Ba•yonne

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What does bayonne mean?

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bayonne - a city in northeastern New Jersey
		garden state, nj, new jersey, jersey a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies

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bayonne
An ancient city in Southern France, at the confluence of the Adour and Nive; held by the British from 1295 till it was taken by Charles VII. The queens of Spain and France met here in 1565 the cruel Duke of Alva, it is supposed to arrange the massacre of St. Bartholomew. Charles IV. of Spain abdicated here in favor of his “friend and ally,” the emperor Napoleon, May 4, 1808. In the neighborhood of Bayonne was much desperate fighting between the French and English armies, December 10, 11, and 13, 1813; invested by the British January 14, 1814; on April 14, the French made a sally and attacked the English with success, but were at length driven back. The loss of the British was considerable, and Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Hope was wounded and taken prisoner.