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Nîmes

American  
[neem] / nim /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.


Nîmes British  
/ nim /

noun

  1. a city in S France: Roman remains including an amphitheatre and the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Pop: 133 424 (1999)

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He even had a model made of the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, the best preserved of Roman temples, and had it copied at the state capitol building in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The newspaper lists six establishments as being targeted: in Toulon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, Valence and Nîmes, Luynes, Villepinte, and Nanterre.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2025

The prosecutor’s office in Nîmes opened an investigation on Sunday.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2023

“The front of the Supreme Court building is the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France, enlarged.”

From Washington Post Oct. 17, 2022

For an interesting dedication for the support of the worship at Nîmes v.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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