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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Far from the remote mountain landscape you might imagine, Perrier's water is pumped from deep aquifers in the coastal plain between Nîmes and Montpellier, a short drive from the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

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

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Thus in regions where there was a proven continuous tradition of bullfighting - essentially a swathe of territory from Nîmes to Bayonne - it was allowed to continue.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

The road across the mountains from Nîmes toward Paris seemed totally untraversed, at least so far as tourists are concerned.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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