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Paris

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[ par-is; French pa-ree ]

noun

  1. Matthew. Matthew of Paris.
  2. Ancient Lutetia Parisiorum, a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville-de-Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine.
  3. a city in NE Texas.
  4. a town in NW Tennessee.
  5. Treaty of,
    1. a treaty signed in 1763 by France, Spain, and Great Britain that ended the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War.
    2. a treaty signed in 1783 by the United States and Great Britain that ended the American Revolution.
    3. a treaty signed in 1898 by the United States and Spain that ended the Spanish-American War.


Paris

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[ par-is ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a Trojan prince, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Cassandra, who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen.

Paris

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/ pari; ˈpærɪs /

noun

  1. the capital of France, in the north on the River Seine: constitutes a department; dates from the 3rd century bc , becoming capital of France in 987; centre of the French Revolution; centres around its original site on an island in the Seine, the Île de la Cité, containing Notre Dame; university (1150). Pop: 2 125 246 (1999) Ancient nameLutetia
  2. Treaty of Paris
    1. a treaty of 1783 between the US, Britain, France, and Spain, ending the War of American Independence
    2. a treaty of 1763 signed by Britain, France, and Spain that ended their involvement in the Seven Years' War
    3. a treaty of 1898 between Spain and the US bringing to an end the Spanish-American War
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Paris

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/ ˈpærɪs /

noun

  1. Greek myth ParisMTrojanMISC: abductor of Helen a prince of Troy, whose abduction of Helen from her husband Menelaus started the Trojan War
  2. ParisMatthew?12001259MEnglishHISTORY: chronicler Matthew. ?1200–59, English chronicler, whose principal work is the Chronica Majora
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Paris

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  1. A prince of Troy in classical mythology , whose abduction of the Greek queen Helen caused the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ) ( see Helen of Troy and Judgment of Paris ). Paris (or, according to some stories, Apollo disguised as Paris) killed Achilles by piercing his heel with an arrow.


Paris

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  1. Capital of France and the largest city in the country, located in north-central France on the Seine River ; an international cultural and intellectual center, as well as the commercial and industrial focus of France.
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Notes

In the Treaty of Paris (1783), Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the thirteen colonies as the United States.
Paris is a center for fashion and design.
During World War II , German troops occupied the city from 1940 to 1944.
In the 1920s, Paris was home to many artists and writers from the United States and other countries.
It is called the “City of Light.”
The city's tourist attractions include the Eiffel Tower , the Louvre Museum, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris . The Champs Élysées is the most famous of its many celebrated streets, avenues, and boulevards.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Paris1

via French and Old French, from Late Latin ( Lūtētia ) Parisiōrum (marshes) of the Parisii, a tribe of Celtic Gaul
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Example Sentences

My favorite is this simple audio of 3 hours in a Paris cafe.

From Time

The United States has officially rejoined the Paris climate accord.

By this time, she was already relying on the largesse of wealthy admirers to pay the bills and give her places to stay, whether in Paris, Rome, New York, Southern California or Switzerland.

At the Paris climate negotiations in 2015, Gates and several dozen other wealthy people launched Breakthrough Energy, an interlinked venture capital fund, lobbying group, and research effort.

Not only does delivering on Paris prevent millions dying prematurely each year, the quality of life for millions more will be improved through better health.

From Time

They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.

France 24's coverage of two developing hostage situations in Paris on Friday.

As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.

Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.

The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?

But he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "Explosive as Garnache."

Louis Petit de Bachaumon died; a native of Paris, known as the author of several literary works.

What though Maurice wanted to persuade me at Paris that I had better take a britska, as more fashionable?

In Paris, Joachim soon found that the royal road to success lay in denouncing loudly all superior officers of lack of patriotism.

I often recall the farewell lunch we had together at the Restaurant de Paris, in the Escolta.

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