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Béziers

American  
[bey-zyey] / beɪˈzyeɪ /

noun

  1. a city in S France, SW of Montpellier.


Béziers British  
/ bezje /

noun

  1. a city in S France: scene of a massacre (1209) during the Albigensian Crusade. It is a centre of the wine trade. Pop: 69 153 (1999)

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Rising costs have become a dominant theme on the streets of Béziers and other French cities.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

Once a self-proclaimed “world capital of wine” that supplied cheap but decent vintages, Béziers lost its wealth when it became a primary target of European efforts to limit overproduction of wine in the 1980s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

And his rally in the small southern town of Béziers made an unsettling image for France's far-right leader, Marine Le Pen.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

An aroma of pine filtered into the carriage and a breeze cooled my brow as the train clattered south to Béziers.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

But what is the good of presenting the unsophisticated public of Brest or Béziers with an imitation of Monsieur le Bargy?

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John