Pompidou

American

[pom-pi-doo, pawn-pee-doo] / ˈpɒm pɪˌdu, pɔ̃ piˈdu /

noun

Georges Jean Raymond 1911–74, French political leader: prime minister 1962–68; president 1969–74.

Pompidou British

/ pɔ̃pidu /

noun

Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1911–74, French statesman; president of France (1969–74)

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Some hospitals had already turned to more traditional fundraising, including Paris's Georges Pompidou Hospital, which sought donations to buy a scanner, and the Nantes University Hospital.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Abdoulaye N was previously a guard at the Center Pompidou in Paris, an arts centre containing Europe's largest museum of modern art.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Her artist books have been sold or exhibited at Centre de Pompidou, Art Metropole, Printed Matter and MoCA.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

There was recently a show at the Pompidou Center, a really exhaustive retrospective of Surrealism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Catherine gave Princesse two T-shirts, one from the Pompidou Center, and another from a museum in Paris where she hoped one day her work would hang.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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