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Eif·fel Tower (ī′fəl)

tower of iron framework in Paris, built for the International Exposition of 1889: 984 ft (300 m) high

Etymology: after A. G. Eiffel (1832-1923), Fr engineer who designed it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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