Nîmes

American

[neem] / nim /

noun

a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.

Nîmes British

/ nim /

noun

a city in S France: Roman remains including an amphitheatre and the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Pop: 133 424 (1999)

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But the court of appeal in Nîmes rejected his argument and extended his original nine-year jail term to 10 years.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Prisons in Toulon, Aix-En-Provence, Marseille, Valence and Nîmes in southern France, and in Villepinte and Nanterre, near Paris were among those targeted.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

“The front of the Supreme Court building is the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France, enlarged.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

He scored eight goals for Nîmes in the 2018-19 season.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Then lingeringly we left that supreme relic in the loneliness where, somehow, it seemed to belong, and followed the broad white road to Nîmes.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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