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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of north-central France, a suburb of Paris. It was a residence of Merovingian royalty in the seventh century. Population: 57,000.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century
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“Clichy is Arsenal's longest-serving player, a small but important part of the "Invincibles" Premier League triumph from 2003-04, who then missed out on the FA Cup victory of 2005 because of injury.”
The Guardian: Gaël Clichy: Ending Arsenal trophy drought has become an obsession
“There's a civil war underway in Clichy-Sous-Bois at the moment," Michel Thooris, an official of police trade union Action Police CFTC, said.”
“While the Fnac headquarters are in Clichy, I don’t think there are many Catalan speakers there, Max.”
“Clichy," the honest and loyal servitor of the stage made up his mind to watch over Pons 'friend.”
“There have been a few overseas youths that have been bought and gone into the youth set-up but only a handful of them have ever made it as regular first team choices such as Clichy,”
“The team appeared to be taking the earliest possible opportunity to make a statement about life after Fábregas and Nasri, Gaël Clichy and Denilson when Walcott arrived at the near post to meet the low cross of Aaron Ramsey, below, from the right and clip the ball into the Udinese net.”
The Guardian: Arsenal fizzle out after early promise – just like last season | Richard Williams
“The Gunners' early play followed a summer which saw arguably its two best players – midfielders Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas – depart the club, along with another starter, leftback Gael Clichy.”
The Wall Street Journal: Van Persie: Arsenal's Money in the Bank
“Wenger has sold Gaël Clichy to Manchester City for £7m and loaned Denilson to São Paulo for the season.”
The Guardian: Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboué set for £4m move to Galatasaray
“Wenger stood accused of exposing too much inexperience to such a high-pressure game and it was worth considering that Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué and Denílson, three players he has moved on this summer, would surely have featured if they were still at the club.”
The Guardian: Liverpool show Arsène Wenger and Arsenal some uncomfortable truths
“The manager's insistence that he has signed quality reinforcements for a squad that has also lost Gaël Clichy, Denílson, Emmanuel Eboué and Carlos Vela has failed to convince.”
The Guardian: Arsène Wenger left with no margin for error in Udinese tie
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