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    FRENCH CAPITAL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerceplay

    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 "French capital"):

    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 "French capital"):

    Parisian (a native or resident of Paris)

    Parisienne (a female native or resident of Paris)

    Holonyms ("French capital" is a part of...):

    France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

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