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• Champs Élysées
  Champs Élysées

  noun

  a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its caf és, shops, and theaters.
• Champs-Elysées
  Champs-Elysées

  noun

  a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices

Champs Élysées

American  

[shahn zey-lee-zey] / ʃɑ̃ zeɪ liˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its caf és, shops, and theaters.

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Champs-Elysées British  

/ ʃɑ̃z elize, ʃɒnz eɪˈliːzeɪ /

noun

1. a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices

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Champs Élysées Cultural  

1. A major avenue in Paris famous for the elegance of its cafés and shops. In French it means Elysian Fields.

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Example Sentences

ET, Paralympians will traverse the famed Champs Élysées, a stunning avenue in Paris that runs from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concord.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024

On both occasions, Zambada said, he gave the money to the intermediary, who met with García Luna in a private room at an upscale Mexico City eatery called Champs Élysées.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

From the Champs Élysées to Avenue Montaigne and along the Rue St.-Honoré, the glossiest and most glamorous shopping streets of central Paris are usually bustling on Saturdays in December.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2018

The Champs Élysées was closed to cars and tightly monitored by police, with identity and bag checks taking place as shop workers boarded windows and dismantled outdoor terraces.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2018

The Champs Élysées, and the long avenue leading up to the Barrière de l'Étoile, appeared one mighty river, an Amazon of many-colored human life.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various