Île de France
noun
a former province in northern France, including Paris and the region around it.
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Île-de-France
Île-de-Francenouna region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
Île de France
American
[eel duh frahns]
/ il də ˈfrɑ̃s /
noun
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a former province in northern France, including Paris and the region around it.
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former name of Mauritius.
Île-de-France
British
/ ildəfrɑ̃s /
noun
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a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
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a former name (1715–1810) for Mauritius
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Joseph of Île de France paired the De Fermo with pizza, after a day of hiking, and said he found it “grounding.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2021
Jennifer and her friends in New York enjoyed the “smooth and velvety” schiava the best, but Joseph in Île de France found it too herbaceous, calling the schiava “my challenge.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2019
Still, as the chef Yannick Alléno has deliciously proven with his lunch-only terroir de Paris menu featuring Île de France produce at Le Meurice, the region remains truffled with small producers of indigenous foods.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2010
Then she crossed the Atlantic on the liner Île de France and met William.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
As much as Paris goes unnoticed in the midst of the Île de France, Simon thought with a smile.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
The movement at French lycées, equivalent to sixth form in the UK or high school in the US, began last week in the Île-de-France region around Paris.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
"This is the balance: being able to open up while maintaining principles and values. She's already done it at regional level in Île-de-France, which is a microcosm of France."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2021
This exhibition, curated by the Sisley scholar MaryAnne Stevens, plots Sisley’s art not only through time but through the Île-de-France region, which Sisley shuttled across as his interests changed and his money woes deepened.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2017
GMT05:29 French police have tweeted that there is a ban on public demonstrations in the postcode areas 92, 93, 94 in Île-de-France.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2015
Why, it would be—they thought—as if the whole Île-de-France were in their grasp!
From Everyman's Land by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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