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Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article. List of jazz nicknames. A Abbey: Abbey Lincoln; Abbie: ...
Paris's noble birth was betrayed by his outstanding beauty and intelligence. While still a child, he routed a gang of cattle-thieves and restored the animals they had stolen to the herd, thereby earning the surname Alexander ("protector of men"). [8] It was at this time that Oenone became Paris's first lover. She was a nymph from Mount Ida in ...
In Paris, where the Radicals had a strong presence, a contest was launched for the statue of Place de la République. It was won by the Morice brothers (with Léopold Morice producing the sculpture and the architect François-Charles Morice designing the pedestal), in 1879, with an academical Marianne, with an arm lifted towards the sky and a ...
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
Paris; Paris of the North (disambiguation) Paris of the South (disambiguation) Paris of the West (disambiguation) Little Paris (disambiguation) Paris of the Plains, the nickname given to the American city of Kansas City, Missouri; Paris of the Prairies, the sobriquet given to the Canadian city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
They had a son, Jackson (b. 1982), who went on to marry Meg White, drummer for The White Stripes, from 2009 to 2013, [134] and a daughter, Jesse Paris (b. 1987), who is a musician and composer. [135] Fred Smith died of a heart attack on November 4, 1994. Shortly afterward, Patti faced the unexpected death of her brother Todd. [13]
Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the Paris Region [3] (French: Région parisienne, pronounced [ʁeʒjɔ̃ paʁizjɛn]). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage, and it covers 12,012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles ...
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.