Trianon

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/ˈtɹiːəˌnɒn/

noun

Either of the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon, two royal palaces constructed in Versailles, France, in the 17th and 18th centuries.

OriginFrench Trianon →
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Meanings

nounTrianon (plural Trianons)

plural Trianons

  1. Either of the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon, two royal palaces constructed in Versailles, France, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. historicalmetonymicallyThe Treaty of Trianon, a peace treaty signed in the Grand Trianon on 4 June 1920, which formally ended World War I between most of the Allies and the Kingdom of Hungary, leaving Hungary as a landlocked state with less than one-third of its prewar area.

Origin

  1. FrenchTrianon
  2. EnglishTrianon

From French Trianon, the name of a hamlet that formerly occupied the site on which the Grand Trianon would be built.

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Translations

Hungarian Trianon, Trianon
  • Trianonroyal palaces in Versailles, France
  • TrianonTreaty of Trianon
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APA

Trianon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trianon

MLA

“Trianon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trianon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trianon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trianon.

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