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Chignon can mean: Chignon (hairstyle), a hairstyle with the hair in a "bun" Chignon (medical term), a temporary swelling left on an infant's head after delivery by a ...
A chignon (UK: / ˈ ʃ iː n j ɒ̃ /, US: / ˈ ʃ iː n j ɒ n /, French:), from the French chignon meaning a bun, is a hairstyle characterized by wrapped hair on the back of the head. In the United States and United Kingdom, it is often used as an abbreviation of the French phrase chignon du cou, signifying a low bun worn at the nape of the ...
A chignon (an artificially induced caput succedaneum) is a temporary swelling caused by a build-up of bloody fluid left on an infant's head after they have been delivered by vacuum extraction. A vacuum extraction is a type of assistance used during vaginal delivery by an obstetrician or midwife when the second stage of labor, where the cervix ...
The tignon law (also known as the chignon law [1]) was a 1786 law enacted by the Spanish Governor of Louisiana Esteban Rodríguez Miró that forced black women to wear a tignon headscarf. The law was intended to halt plaçage unions and tie freed black women to those who were enslaved, but the women who followed the law have been described as ...
This headdress was the result of sumptuary laws passed in 1786 under the administration of Governor Esteban Rodriguez Miró.Called the tignon laws, they prescribed and enforced oppressive public dress for female gens de couleur in colonial society.
The Gold Chignon (French:Chignon d'or) is a 1916 French silent film directed by André Hugon and starring Mistinguett and Harry Baur. [1] Cast. Mistinguett as ...
Chinon (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [3]The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Château de Chinon from the south. Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France.It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois.In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou.