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- A city of north-central France, an industrial suburb of Paris. Dating from early Christian times as a place of pilgrimage, it is the site of a Benedictine abbey founded c. 626. The city's 12th-century Gothic cathedral contains the tombs of numerous French monarchs, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
- The capital of Réunion, a port on the Indian Ocean. It was founded in the late 17th century as a way station on the route to the Orient.
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- proper noun The administrative capital of
Réunion , the overseas territory ofFrance
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Saint-Denis, which is the monitoring station for the whole of the
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Saint-Denis, which is the monitoring station for the whole of the
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Additional point: Saint-Denis has one of the highest immigrant populations in France; in the 1999 census it had 36% born abroad versus 10% for France as a whole.
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After his affair and secret marriage to his lovely and intelligent student aroused the ire of her uncle, who had him castrated, Abelard moved to the Abbey of Saint-Denis, where he sought to lead the life of a monk.
Elizabeth E. Evans: The Renunciation Of 'The Waiting Game' Elizabeth E. Evans 2011
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When he refers to “St. Denis area of Paris” this probably refers to rue St. Denis which wiki describes as “made up of sex shops, with the part situated between rue Réaumur and boulevard Saint-Denis notorious as a place of prostitution.”
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Ms. Caro starts her history just a short metro ride out of Paris to the 12th-century basilica of Saint-Denis, the traditional burial place of the kings and queens of France.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
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After his affair and secret marriage to his lovely and intelligent student aroused the ire of her uncle, who had him castrated, Abelard moved to the Abbey of Saint-Denis, where he sought to lead the life of a monk.
Elizabeth E. Evans: The Renunciation Of 'The Waiting Game' Elizabeth E. Evans 2011
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Ms. Caro starts her history just a short metro ride out of Paris to the 12th-century basilica of Saint-Denis, the traditional burial place of the kings and queens of France.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
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A woman wore a burqa as she walked on a street in Saint-Denis, near Paris, last April.
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With the building of Saint-Denis and Notre-Dame, and the growth of its university, Paris had become a cultural and intellectual center.
The Parisian Jewel for the Jerusalem Crown Ina Caro 2011
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