Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Former nickname for Bucharest: the capital and largest city of Romania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
Former nickname for Casablanca: a major city in Morocco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
Former nickname for Lahore: a major city in modern Pakistan; in use during the time of the British Raj.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
Former nickname for Phnom Penh: the capital and largest city of Cambodia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
Former nickname for Hanoi: a major city in Vietnam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
Former nickname for Shanghai: a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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History
Usually a calque of French Paris de l'Orient, praising a location for its supposed resemblance to the glamor and nightlife of 19th-century Paris.
Across languages
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