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RHEIMS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rheims mean?
• RHEIMS (noun)
The noun RHEIMS has 1 sense:
1. a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
Familiarity information: RHEIMS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Reims; Rheims
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Rheims" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Context examples
I can well remember that two leagues from the town of Rheims I met a very valiant and courteous cavalier of France, with whom I had gentle and most honorable contention for upwards of an hour.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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