Montparnasse

American  

[mawn-par-nas] / mɔ̃ parˈnas /

noun

1. a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.

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Montparnasse British  

/ mɔ̃parnas /

noun

1. a district of S Paris, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés, frequented by artists, writers, and students

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Example Sentences

Melies ended up as a toy seller in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse train station -- a story that was dramatized in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film, "Hugo."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Soutine settled into a squalid artists’ colony in Montparnasse as one among many Jewish immigrants living there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The city of Paris has launched a lottery to restore funerary monuments within the overcrowded cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

“Lou Ann Schlicter’s shop, looking like something out of turn-of-the-century Montparnasse, offers flowers, fresh and dried, as well as gift items that are book related.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

We crossed the Boulevard Montparnasse and sat down at a table.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway