Bayonne
Near Staten Island
Bayonne is a city in northeastern New Jersey, situated on a peninsula between Newark Bay and New York Bay.
It developed as an industrial and shipping center.
Bayonne is also a city in southwestern France near the Spanish border, known for its Basque culture and as the origin of the word bayonet—a blade traditionally manufactured there.
Southwestern French region
- Basque CountryIberian autonomous region
- PyreneesFranco-Spanish mountain range
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- BiarritzFrench Basque seaside resort
French military architect
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- Hundred Years' WarMedieval English-French succession struggle
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
citadel · Gascony · Visigoths · Vikings · whaling · corsairs · Napoleon
Sweet from cacao seeds
- BasquePyrenees ethnic group
- pelotaBasque court game
- rugbyTeam sport with scrums
- corridaFormal Spanish bull contest
red and white · gastronomy · folklore · tradition · espadrilles
Safe anchorage for ships
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- maritime tradeCommerce via ocean vessels
- wharfShip docking structure
docks · fishing port · waterfront · commerce · galleons · naval · merchant ships · river port
Bishop's principal church
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- half-timberedConstruction with visible framework
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
arcades · medieval · bridges · quays · colonnades · stone walls · bastions
Aquitaine
Southwestern French region
- Basque CountryIberian autonomous region
- PyreneesFranco-Spanish mountain range
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
Biarritz · Gascony · confluence · estuary · Bay of Biscay
Vauban
French military architect
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- Hundred Years' WarMedieval English-French succession struggle
ramparts · citadel · Gascony · Visigoths · Vikings · whaling · corsairs · Napoleon
chocolate
Sweet from cacao seeds
corrida · red and white · gastronomy · folklore · tradition · espadrilles
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- maritime tradeCommerce via ocean vessels
wharf · docks · fishing port · waterfront · commerce · galleons · naval · merchant ships · river port
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- half-timberedConstruction with visible framework
cloister · arcades · medieval · bridges · quays · colonnades · stone walls · bastions
- bayonet chargeAssault using rifle-mounted blades
- fix bayonetsOrder to mount blades
- fixed bayonetBlade mounted on firearm
- bayonet practiceTraining in attached-blade combat
- bayonet mountQuarter-turn fastening system