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Clichy

[klee-shee]

noun

  1. an industrial suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine.



Clichy

/ kliːˈʃiː /

noun

  1. Official name: Clichy-la-Garennean industrial suburb of NW Paris: residence of the Merovingian kings (7th century). Pop: 50 179 (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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Former Manchester City player Gael Clichy said Guardiola's side are missing a "vocal" leader in the team.

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Unlike in her previous Games as a cyclist, Storey will not compete on the track and will instead focus on the time trial and road race events which will take place in Clichy, near Paris.

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He spent two years as mayor of Clichy in Paris's northern suburbs and then, in 1979, was put on the Socialist party's list for the first direct elections to the European Parliament.

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Former Manchester City defender Gael Clichy on Amazon Prime: "City played one of the worst games we've seen from them. There was no fluidity, they were lucky not to concede two, maybe three or four."

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Clichy was the birthplace of weeks of riots in 2005 that shook France, prompted by the death of two teenagers electrocuted in a power substation while fleeing from police.

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