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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesarrondissement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: arrondissement
"Paris est divisé en vingt arrondissements."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A subdivision of a large French city (such as Paris) or a territorial department for municipal administration.
"We stayed in a charming hotel in the 6th arrondissement of Paris."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from French arrondissement, from arrondir meaning 'to round off', based on rond ('round').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "arrondissement" is said worldwide
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arrondissement
Transliteration: arrondissement
"Paris est divisé en vingt arrondissements."
Stadtbezirk
Transliteration: Stadtbezirk
"Das Hotel liegt im achten Stadtbezirk."
arrondissement
Transliteration: arrondissement
"Il primo arrondissement di Parigi è il centro storico."
distrito
Transliteration: distrito
"El hotel está en el noveno distrito."
arrondissemen
Transliteration: arrondissemen
"O museu fica no primeiro arrondissemen de Paris."
जिला
Transliteration: jila
"यह पेरिस का एक प्रसिद्ध जिला है।"
区
Transliteration: qū
"我们住在巴黎的第五区。"
구
Transliteration: gu
"파리는 여러 구로 나뉘어져 있습니다."
行政区
Transliteration: gyōseiku
"パリには20の行政区があります。"
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