Paris Definition

părĭs
noun
A son of Priam, king of Troy: his kidnapping of Helen, wife of Menelaus, causes the Trojan War.
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Synonyms:
  • genus Paris
  • capital of France
  • French capital
  • city-of-light
  • city of love
  • gay Paree
  • fashion capital
  • city on the Seine
pronoun

(Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.

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A male given name from the Trojan hero.
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The capital city of France.

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Any place named after the French city.
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A surname for someone who came from Paris, or a patronymic derived from Patrick.

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Origin of Paris

  • Original sense refers to the city in France. From Middle English, from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisii, a tribe of Gaul.

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  • Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Paris).

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Paris Sentence Examples

  • She had no good memories of Paris and crossed her arms.

  • This skin, with the skull and antlers, was sent to Paris, where it was described in 1866 by Professor Milne-Edwards.

  • In December they again reached Paris.

  • He was naturalized as a French citizen in 1834, and in the same year became professor of constitutional law in the faculty of law at Paris.

  • Sieyês had drawn up at his request, and was elected in three - by the noblesse of Paris, Villers-Cotterets and Crepy-en-Valois.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

SISRIS

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Words Starting With P and Ending With S

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