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arrondissement definition

ar·ron·disse·ment (ȧ rōn dēs män′)

noun pl. arrondissements -·ments (-män′)

in France,
  1. the largest administrative subdivision of a department
  2. a municipal subdivision, as of Paris

Etymology: Fr < arrondir, to make round

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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