Reims

American

[reemz, rans] / rimz, rɛ̃s /

Or Rheims

noun

a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.

Reims British

/ rɛ̃s, riːmz /

noun

a city in NE France: scene of the coronation of most French monarchs. Pop: 187 206 (1999)

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We see a handsome bound manuscript from Reims from the 1260s, the ghost of an erased architectural drawing visible beneath the calligraphy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It's fair to say the boy from Reims is chasing his own greatness.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The 33-year-old was appointed in May after an impressive start to his coaching career in France with Reims and Lens.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

The company also plans to open shops at Galeries Lafayette department stores in the cities of Dijon, Reims, Grenoble, Angers and Limoges.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

This is Reims Cathedral in France, for which Guillaume de Machaut composed masses that were unprecedented in teir musical complexity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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