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Béziers

American  
[bay-zyay] / beɪˈzjeɪ /

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)

"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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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

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022

The mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, is politically close to Marine Le Pen - and is friends with both her and Zemmour.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021

It was organized by a Catholic activist group and held in Béziers, a southern town whose famously provocative mayor, Robert Ménard, warmly welcomed the attendees.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017

Roussillon and Béziers, holding the bridge, saw him come.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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