in antiquity, a public hall magnificently decorated, for entertainment, &c. and where those who wanted convenience at home held their marriage- OAK

NYON, a considerable town of Switzerland, in the canton of Bern, and capital of a bailiwick of the same name, with a castle. There are a great many Roman inscriptions here; and it is a trading place, seated in a good country, near the lake of Geneva. E. Long. 5° 10'. N. Lat. 46° 24'.