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Les Halles

American  
[ley al] / leɪ ˈal /

noun

  1. (formerly) the large, central, wholesale food market area of Paris, France.


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Police detained one suspect in the parking lot of the Les Halles shopping center in central Paris.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

But as Paris spread it took to burying the majority of its bodies in cemeteries within its bounds, notably in the main Cemetery of Saints-Innocents, near the central marketplace of Les Halles.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019

Toward the book’s end, Bourdain recalls the time he traveled to Japan to help train the chefs at the new Les Halles Tokyo.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2018

Mr. Bourdain worked for more than 20 years in New York restaurants, eventually becoming executive chef of Brasserie Les Halles.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2018

The Fontaine des Innocents formerly marked the site, but now it is removed to the other side of Les Halles.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)