5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paris \Par"is\, n. [From Paris, the son of Priam.] (Bot.)
A plant common in Europe ({Paris quadrifolia}); herb Paris;
truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
Note: It much resembles the American genus {Trillium}, but
has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paris \Par"is\, n.
The chief city of France.
{Paris green}. See under {Green}, n.
{Paris white} (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment;
whiting; Spanish white.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Paris
n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international
center of culture and commerce [syn: {Paris}, {City of
Light}, {French capital}, {capital of France}]
2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: {Paris}, {genus
Paris}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paris, AR (city, FIPS 53480)
Location: 35.28887 N, 93.72461 W
Population (1990): 3674 (1654 housing units)
Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72855
Paris, ID (city, FIPS 60580)
Location: 42.22777 N, 111.40153 W
Population (1990): 581 (272 housing units)
Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83261
Paris, IL (city, FIPS 57628)
Location: 39.61554 N, 87.69151 W
Population (1990): 8987 (4150 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61944
Paris, KY (city, FIPS 59196)
Location: 38.20676 N, 84.26099 W
Population (1990): 8730 (3743 housing units)
Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40361
Paris, MI
Zip code(s): 49338
Paris, MO (city, FIPS 56144)
Location: 39.47715 N, 92.00393 W
Population (1990): 1486 (704 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65275
Paris, OH
Zip code(s): 44669
Paris, PA
Zip code(s): 15021
Paris, TN (city, FIPS 56720)
Location: 36.30023 N, 88.30732 W
Population (1990): 9332 (4538 housing units)
Area: 22.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38242
Paris, TX (city, FIPS 55080)
Location: 33.66664 N, 95.54762 W
Population (1990): 24699 (11191 housing units)
Area: 70.4 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75460
Paris, VA
Zip code(s): 22130
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Paris
PARallel Instruction Set
A low-level language for the {Connection Machine}.
(1995-02-16)
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