ville lumièren.

/ˌviːl l(j)uːmˈjɛː/

Etymology: French, = town or city of light(s).

A brightly-lit city or town; an exciting modern city or town; la Ville Lumière, Paris.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in France > Paris

Paree1697

la Ville Lumière1920

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > other types of town or city

ruin1561

metropolitan district1817

ville lumière1920

Middletown1926

Motopia1959

1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar xiv. 166 London ceased to be a city of dreadful night. In his enthusiastic eyes it had almost become a ville lumière.

1922 A. M. Hyamson Dict. Eng. Phr. 353/2 Ville Lumière, La, (Fr., the light-city; the city of lights): Paris.

1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. vii. 94 We are but nursing the lamp of la Ville Lumière till better times.

1955 E. Waugh Officers & Gentlemen 137 Cape Town at the extremity of two dark continents was a ville lumière such as Trimmer had sought in vain.

1980 Listener 25 Sept. 389/1 The Eiffel Tower..proclaimed la ville lumière to be the modernist capital.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ville lumière
释义	ville lumièren. /ˌviːl l(j)uːmˈjɛː/ Etymology: French, = town or city of light(s). A brightly-lit city or town; an exciting modern city or town; la Ville Lumière, Paris. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in France > Paris Paree1697 la Ville Lumière1920 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > other types of town or city ruin1561 metropolitan district1817 ville lumière1920 Middletown1926 Motopia1959 1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar xiv. 166 London ceased to be a city of dreadful night. In his enthusiastic eyes it had almost become a ville lumière. 1922 A. M. Hyamson Dict. Eng. Phr. 353/2 Ville Lumière, La, (Fr., the light-city; the city of lights): Paris. 1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. vii. 94 We are but nursing the lamp of la Ville Lumière till better times. 1955 E. Waugh Officers & Gentlemen 137 Cape Town at the extremity of two dark continents was a ville lumière such as Trimmer had sought in vain. 1980 Listener 25 Sept. 389/1 The Eiffel Tower..proclaimed la ville lumière to be the modernist capital. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1920
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