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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region and former province of north-central France in the Paris basin. In 987 the Île-de-France became the nucleus of the crown lands when Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, became the French king.
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- proper noun A
region ofFrance , includingParis .
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