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  2. Paris (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Returning after nine days, Agelaus was astonished to find the child still alive and brought him home in a backpack (Greek pḗra, hence by folk etymology Paris's name) to rear as his own. He returned to Priam bearing a dog's tongue as evidence of the deed's completion. [7] Paris's noble birth was betrayed by his outstanding beauty and intelligence.

  3. List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z) - Wikipedia

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    A page to Paris witnesses the start of the conflict between Romeo and Paris, and summons watchmen to the scene, in Romeo and Juliet. A page to the Countess of Rousillion is a very minor role in All's Well That Ends Well. A page appears briefly in Timon of Athens. Two pages encounter Touchstone, and sing It Was A Lover And His Lass, in As You ...

  4. List of films set in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), by Richard Brooks; Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954), by Roy Del Ruth; Sabrina (1954), by Billy Wilder; The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955), by Preston Sturges; So This Is Paris (1955), by Richard Quine; Anything Goes (1956), by Robert Lewis; Trapeze (1956), by Carol Reed; Funny Face (1957), by Stanley Donen

  5. List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia

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    On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French men (scientists, engineers, and mathematicians) are engraved in recognition of their contributions. [1] Gustave Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the protests against the tower, and chose names of those who had distinguished themselves since 1789. [2]

  6. List of French desserts - Wikipedia

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    An assortment of petit fours, which are small confectioneries.Some petit fours are also savory. Religieuse is made of two choux pastry cases filled with crème pâtissière, [5] covered in a ganache of the same flavor as the filling, and then joined/decorated with piped whipped cream.

  7. Île de la Cité - Wikipedia

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    In 486, Saint Genevieve negotiated the submission of Paris to Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, who chose Paris as his capital, in 508. The first cathedral of Paris , that of Saint Étienne, was constructed in 540–545, close to the west front of the present Notre Dame de Paris and just a few hundred meters from the Royal Palace.

  8. Paris (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Paris Group of French nuclear scientists 1939–40, see Tube Alloys; Paper Aircraft Released Into Space, aviation project.paris, an Internet top-level domain for the city of Paris, France; Paris, a variant of the AMD Sempron computer processor; Paris biota, a diverse, Early Triassic aged fossil assemblage discoverd in Paris Canyon, Idaho

  9. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    at the house of: often used in the names of restaurants and the like; Chez Marie = "Marie's". chic stylish. Chignon chignon a hairstyle worn in a roll at the nape of the neck. cinéma pur an avant-garde film movement which was born in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. cinéma vérité realism in documentary filmmaking. "Vérité" means "truth". cliché