Nîmes

American

[neem] / nim /

noun

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

Nîmes British

/ nim /

noun

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

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Consider Jefferson’s musings on the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nîmes, after which he modeled the Virginia State Capitol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

But the court of appeal in Nîmes rejected his argument and extended his original nine-year jail term to 10 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Prisons in Toulon, Aix-En-Provence, Marseille, Valence and Nîmes in southern France, and in Villepinte and Nanterre, near Paris were among those targeted.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

From Barcelona you can get direct to Nîmes, and on to Montauban.

From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux

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