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Quiberon [keebuh-rawn] Examples noun
- a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
Examples from the Web for quiberon Historical Examples of quiberon
They rendezvous in Quiberon Bay as soon as they are equipped.
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I
Sir John Ross
At length an expedition was planned to attack the Peninsula of Quiberon.
W.H.G. Kingston
Wouldn’t you and yours have forgiven the victims of Quiberon?
Honore de Balzac
Before these horrible events were known in England, Ministers prepared to succour the vanguard at Quiberon.
William Pitt and the Great War
John Holland Rose
Windham now persistently urged an expedition to Brittany; and the Quiberon and Yeu enterprises were largely due to him.
William Pitt and the Great War
John Holland Rose
British Dictionary definitions for quiberon Quiberon noun
- a peninsula of NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: a naval battle was fought off its coast in 1759 during the Seven Years’ War, in which the British defeated the French