Tonnerre (English: Thunder) is a French word meaning "thunder". It may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Quebec
Rivière-au-Tonnerre is a municipality in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
In addition to Riviere-au-Tonnerre itself, the communities within the municipality include Rivière-Pigou, Rivière-aux-Graines, and Sheldrake, ...
, a municipality of the Minganie Regional County Municipality
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Tonnerre River (Normandin River)
The rivière au Tonnerre (English: Tonnerre River) is a tributary of the Normandin River, flowing into the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec in the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Le Domaine-du-Roy, in the administrative ...
, a tributary of the Normandin River
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Tonnerre River (Minganie)
The rivière au Tonnerre (''English: Thunder River'') is a watercourse that runs through the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Quebec in the Minganie Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the Côte-Nord administrative region, in Quebec, in Can ...
, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
France
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Mont-Tonnerre
Mont-Tonnerre was a department of the First French Republic and later the First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was named after the highest point in the Palatinate, the ''Donnersberg'' ("Thunder Mountain", possibly referring to Donar, ...
, former French department
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Tonnerre, Yonne
Tonnerre () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
Geography
Straddling the Canal de Bourgogne, the commune is situated at the following crossroa ...
, French commune of Yonne
Other uses
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''Tonnerre'' (film), a 2013 French film
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Boisrond-Tonnerre
Louis Félix Mathurin Boisrond-Tonnerre (born 6 June 1776; executed 24 October 1806), better known as simply Boisrond-Tonnerre, was a Haitian writer and historian who is best known for having served as Jean-Jacques Dessalines' secretary. Boisr ...
(1776–1806), Haitian writer and historian
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French ship ''Tonnerre'' (L9014), an amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the French Navy
See also
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Lightning rod
A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducte ...
(French: ''paratonnerre''), a device that protects a building or structure from lightning
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