Béziers

American  

[bey-zyey] / beɪˈzyeɪ /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

He moved back to France’s second division in 2018 with Beziers, then signed with Montauban.

From Seattle Times

“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer — a group I now belong to,” said Mondabric, the Le Pen voter in Béziers.

From Washington Post

“Despite everything that’s going on, he’s in control,” said Safia Lahmel, a 58-year-old woman in Béziers who said she is likely to vote for Macron.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

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