Reims
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7.1
- proper noun
- /reɪmz/
- My first glass of Champagne was at the Pommery estate in Reims, France.
- Reims in Champagne
- Reims, France
- Reims Cathedral
Examples
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Or if you take the north of France, if you think of a town like Reims, Reims famous for champagne.
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Likewise, the cathedral school of Reims was a prestigious center of learning during the second half of the eleventh century, so he might have gone to Reims to study.
Academic text (2018) -
- I'll come see you in Reims.
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Sir, I made a promise that I'd meet someone at Reims.
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The best champagne in Reims.
Fiction book (2001) -
This surgeon, born in the diocese of Reims, worked in Rome at the hospital of S. Giacomo degli Incurabili.
Academic text (2004) -
In 2011, leaders from ELLC convened an ecumenical and international colloquium of liturgical scholars in Reims, France, to consider, among other things, the matter of texts in common.
Academic text (2013) -
Widowed at a young age, she devoted her life to expanding and enriching the Pommery champagne winery in Reims, still well known today, over which she became proprietress.
Academic text (2003) -
Reims is famous for its beautiful Reims cathedral and is a popular destination for tourists in France.
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Many French kings were crowned in Reims, making it a significant historical city.
Synonyms
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7.9
A city in northeastern France where many kings were crowned and where Germany signed its 1945 surrender
Compounds
A World War I battle in May 1918 where a German attack fails despite early gains
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Reims comes from the name of an old Gallic tribe, the Remi, who lived in that area long ago. So the city's name really means the 'place of the Remi' and remembers the people who first lived there.