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Paris (par′is)

noun

Gr. Legend a son of Priam, king of Troy: his kidnapping of Helen, wife of Menelaus, causes the Trojan War

Etymology: L < Gr

Paris2 definition

Paris (par′is; Fr pȧ rē′)

capital of France, in the NC part, on the Seine: pop. 2,166,000

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