Paris - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈperəs|
Brit.  |ˈparɪs|

noun

- the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce (syn: paris)
- sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae (syn: paris)
- (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War (syn: paris)
- a town in northeastern Texas (syn: paris)

Extra examples

The company is based in Paris.

She booked me on a flight from Oslo to Paris.

There is a sale on flights between New York and Paris.

On the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, they took a vacation to Paris.

I've ridden on the New York subway, the Paris Metro, and the London Underground.

...many gourmets still regard Paris as a culinary Cockaigne...

...as someone who had lived in Paris for a year as an exchange student, she seemed very much the cosmopolitan to her old classmates...

...the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy...

...during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen...

...the king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king...

...the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world...

Paris is bidding to host the next Olympics.

Our representative in Paris must be called back.

The thought came back to him of the morning in Paris.

I've commissioned a walking-stick for my lord from Paris.

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