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Versailles
[ ver-sahy, ver-or, French ver-sah-yuh ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Yvelines, in N France, about 12 miles (19 km) SW of Paris: palace of the French kings; peace treaty between the Allies and Germany 1919.
Versailles
/ -ˈseɪlz; vɛəˈsaɪ; vɛrsɑj /
noun
- a city in N central France, near Paris: site of an elaborate royal residence built for Louis XIV; seat of the French kings (1682–1789). Pop: 85 726 (1999)
- Treaty of Versailles
- the treaty of 1919 imposed upon Germany by the Allies (except for the US and the Soviet Union): the most important of the five peace treaties that concluded World War I
- another name for (the Treaty of) Paris of 1783 See Paris 1
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Example Sentences
We’re somewhere in Illinois but he looks like he just escaped an asylum in Versailles.
The Reich’s distress originated in Germany’s surrender in World War I and the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
“The Childhood of a Leader†was about the interwar period between the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and the Second World War.
In 2019, an appeals court in Versailles rejected her complaints and ruled in favour of her husband.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a family disturbance call at a house in the 7500 block of Versailles Way in Sacramento County early Friday morning, sheriff’s officials said on social media.
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