Paris


Definition: Meaning of, Paris in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈparɪs;paʀi /

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  1. the capital city of France, on the River Seine, which is also the country's business and financial centre. Many people think of Paris as a very romantic city where many famous artists lived, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries. People from Paris are called Parisians .
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  2. in ancient Greek stories, a prince of TROY who caused the TROJAN WAR by taking HELEN away from Greece, and who killed ACHILLES in this war
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Paris used in phrases

  • Last Tango in Paris
    1. (1972) a US film in which Marlon BRANDO appears as a man living in Paris who has a sexual relationship with a young woman. Some people found it shocking when it was first shown because it contained a lot of sex scenes.
  • Paris University (noun)
    1. a university in Paris; intellectual centre of France
  • Paris daisy (noun)
    1. perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
  • Paris green (noun)
    1. a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate
    2. a shade of green tinged with yellow
  • Paris quadrifolia (noun)
    1. european herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
  • Paris-Dakar Rally, the
    1. a race over public roads from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal, including the crossing of the Sahara Desert. All kinds of motor vehicles can take part in the Paris-Dakar Rally.
  • University of Paris (noun)
    1. a university in Paris; intellectual centre of France
  • genus Paris (noun)
    1. genus of flowering plants sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
  • herb Paris (noun)
    1. european herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
  • plaster of Paris (noun)
    1. a mixture of a white powder and water that dries fairly quickly and is used for making plaster casts and to decorate buildings
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