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CITY OF LIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
Synonyms:
capital of France; City of Light; French capital; Paris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "City of Light"):
Champs Elysees (a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes)
Ile-St-Louis (island in Paris on the Seine)
Right Bank (the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine)
Orly (a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris)
Clichy; Clichy-la-Garenne (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)
Montmartre (the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists)
Latin Quarter; Left Bank (the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life)
Tuileries; Tuileries Palace (palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens)
Tuileries; Tuileries Gardens (formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris)
Paris University; Sorbonne; University of Paris (a university in Paris; intellectual center of France)
Louvre; Louvre Museum (an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris)
Eiffel Tower (a wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889; for many years it was the tallest man-made structure)
Bastille (a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution)
Meronyms (members of "City of Light"):
Parisian (a native or resident of Paris)
Parisienne (a female native or resident of Paris)
Holonyms ("City of Light" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
