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Montreuil

American  
[mawn-trœ-yuh] / mɔ̃ˈtrœ yə /

noun

  1. a suburb of Paris, in N France.


Montreuil British  
/ mɔ̃trœj /

noun

  1. an E suburb of Paris: formerly famous for peaches, but now industrialized. Pop: 90 674 (1999)

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At roughly the same time another person is seen doing the same at a mosque in the eastern suburb of Montreuil.

From BBC

On the walls of the Paris suburb of Montreuil there once grew peaches of legendary richness, and a very few are still cultivated with the tenderness afforded to babies.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our study shows that both mothers' and fathers' well-being are important to promote the cognitive-behavioural development of their children, and that they are potentially complementary," says Prof. Montreuil.

From Science Daily

"More studies are needed to understand the respective roles and the combined contribution of parents in child development," says Prof. Montreuil.

From Science Daily

"Since greater parental attunement is associated to child cognitive and social competencies, one potential explanation is that the fathers in our study sample may have shown greater attunement to their child to 'compensate' for environmental risk factors, such as maternal depressive or anxiety symptoms, or others known predictors," adds Prof. Montreuil.

From Science Daily