|
|
Definition of French capital
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce.
Terms within: Bastille, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Louvre Museum, Paris University, Sorbonne, University Of Paris, Tuileries, Tuileries Gardens, Tuileries, Tuileries Palace, Latin Quarter, Left Bank, Montmartre, Clichy, Clichy-la-garenne, Orly, Right Bank, Ile-st-louis, Champs Elysees
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: France, French Republic
Member holonyms: Parisian, Parisienne
Derivative terms: Parisian
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Capital
Literary usage of French capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"After the ceremony (by proxy) in the French capital, Beaton conducted the bride
to Scotland, assisted at the solemnization of the marriage in St. Andrews ..."
2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... the king to attack the French capital—Siege of Paris—The pope indisposed toward
the League—Extraordinary demonstration of ecclesiastics—Influence of the ..."
3. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"The time has at last arrived when French capital must naturally find an outlet
in the United States. Trade between this country »ad France is rapidly ..."
4. Some French Contemporary Opinions of the Russian Revolution of 1905 by Encarnación Alzona (1921)
"French capital had financed many public and private enterprises in Russia.
It had been used to build factories and railways and to develop natural resources ..."
5. Some French Contemporary Opinions of the Russian Revolution of 1905 by Encarnación Alzona (1921)
"French capital had financed many public and private enterprises in Russia.
It had been used to build factories and railways and to develop natural resources ..."
6. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"In tlio August of 1792, he went to Paris, to witness with his own evos the
memorable proceedings which were then in progrese in the French capital, ..."
7. The Argentine in the Twentieth Century by Alberto B. Martinez, Maurice Lewandowski (1915)
"... importance of English investments in all branches of Argentine activity—The
benefits of a reaction in favour of Argentine capital—French capital; ..."
Other Resources:
