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Nîmes

American  
[neem] / nim /

noun

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


Nîmes British  
/ nim /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She joined Rouge, in Nimes, at its inception in June 2021.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023

"It's 2,000 years of history," said Frederic Pastor, municipality councilor in charge of corridas in the city of Nimes.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022

No casualties have been reported, but local authorities said the rains caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure across towns and villages between Nimes and Montpellier.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

He had been cared for by his wife, Bernadette, in the French city of Nimes since then.

From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2021

Continue these splendid undertakings, which are an ornament to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyons, Nantes, Marseilles, and Nimes, and which are almost entirely paid for by those flourishing cities.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

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