Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern France near the Mediterranean Sea west-northwest of Marseille. Founded in the tenth century, it was purchased by Philip VI of France in 1349. The city was later a Huguenot center and was besieged and captured by Louis XIII in 1622.
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- proper noun The capital city of the
Languedoc-Roussillon region in France.
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Examples
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In their dialect they call Montpellier, which is to them what Paris is to the peasants of the Brie, 'Lou Clapas' -- literally, a heap of stones.
Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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Vincent Corbel from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in Montpellier, and Bruno Lapied from the University of Angers, France, led a team of researchers who investigated the mode of action and toxicity of deet (N, N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide).
Boing Boing 2009
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Results for Stage 4, a team time trial in Montpellier
Armstrong in virtual tie for yellow after team time trial 2009
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HARRIS: Ana Rodrigues, from the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, is an author of that global analysis.
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Hey, my 4 yr old is doing the 2009 picture too here in Montpellier – is it a countrywide thing do you think?
words of wisdom 2009
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HARRIS: Ana Rodrigues, from the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, is an author of that global analysis.
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HARRIS: Ana Rodrigues, from the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, is an author of that global analysis.
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HARRIS: Ana Rodrigues, from the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, is an author of that global analysis.
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HARRIS: Ana Rodrigues, from the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, is an author of that global analysis.
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I remember in Montpellier there was a yearly festival that (to my ears) was the "Foire Roseanne".
chained_bear commented on the word Montpellier
Historical notes can be found on gingerbread and theriac.
November 28, 2017