Paris Commune
noun
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Origin of Paris Commune
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby Paris Commune
paring knife, pari passu, paripinnate, Paris, Paris Club, Paris Commune, Paris daisy, Paris green, parish, Parishad, parish clerk
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Example sentences from the Web for Paris Commune
Paris-Commune again resumed her part as the capital of France, again became the national initiator.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
British Dictionary definitions for Paris Commune
Paris Commune
noun
French history the council established in Paris in the spring of 1871 in opposition to the National Assembly and esp to the peace negotiated with Prussia following the Franco-Prussian War. Troops of the Assembly crushed the Commune with great bloodshed
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