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St.-Germain-des-Prés

American  
[san-zher-man-dey-prey] / sɛ̃ ʒɛr mɛ̃ deɪˈpreɪ /

noun

  1. an area in Paris, on the Left Bank.


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A stroll through St.-Germain-des-Prés, on the Left Bank of Paris, can feel like a walk through another era.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2024

Jake was reminding me that Baldwin and Wright’s quarrel had begun upstairs from where we sat, facing the cobblestone Place St.-Germain-des-Prés and l’Église St.-Germain-des-Prés itself, the oldest church in Paris.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2014

But starting at 5 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, Pouic Pouic, a sliver of a bistro that opened last June in the St.-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, serves serious food to post-party-goers with big appetites.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2012

St.-Germain-des-Prés is the most ancient church, but the most important is the cathedral of Notre Dame, 12th century, which might tell the whole history of France could it speak.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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