Folies Bergère
[ French faw-lee ber-zher ]
/ French fɔ li bɛrˈʒɛr /
noun
a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.
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Origin of Folies Bergère
< French: the Bergère Follies, after rue Bergère, a street near which it was originally located
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