Paris¹ 1. the capital of France, on the River Seine; pop. 2,175,200 (1990) • 巴黎(法国首都,塞纳河沿岸,1990年人口2,175,200)
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1. Paris was held by the Romans, who called it Lutetia, and the Franks, and was established as the capital in 987 under Hugh Capet. It was organized into three parts, the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine), the Right Bank, and the Left Bank, during the reign of Philippe-Auguste (1180–1223). The city's neoclassical architecture dates from the modernization of the Napoleonic era; this continued under Napoleon III, when the bridges and boulevards of the modern city were built
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1. named after the Parisii, a Gallic people who settled on the Île de la CitéParis²[Greek Mythology] 1. a Trojan prince, the son of Priam and Hecuba. Appointed by the gods to decide who among the three goddesses Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite should win a prize for beauty, he awarded it to Aphrodite, who promised him the most beautiful woman in the world—Helen, wife of Menelaus king of Sparta. He abducted Helen, bringing about the Trojan War, in which he killed Achilles but was later himself killed • [希腊神话] 帕里斯(特洛伊王子,普里阿摩斯与赫卡柏之子;众神指定他来决定赫拉、雅典娜和阿芙罗狄蒂三位女神之中谁应赢得美貌奖;帕里斯把奖颁给了阿芙罗狄蒂,她答应给他世上最美的女人——斯巴达王的妻子海伦;帕里斯拐走了海伦引起了特洛伊战争,并在战争中杀死了阿基里斯,后自己亦战死)Paris³ 1. Matthew, • 见Matthew Paris