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Pontoise

American  
[pawn-twaz] / pɔ̃ˈtwaz /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Val-d'Oise, in N France, on the Oise River, NW of Paris.


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All three defendants are set to appear at a court in Pontoise, near Paris on Wednesday following a trial in March.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

Bagpipers played Amazing Grace at his funeral in the Pontoise district of Paris.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2015

Judge Dominique Andréassier of the court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, ordered the American carrier to pay a fine of $265,000.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2010

Eugene Turpin, 78, inventor of melinite;* of pulmonary congestion, at Pontoise, France.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a great builder, Rouen, Mont St Michel, Pontoise and Gaillon owing many noble buildings to his initiative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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