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paris |
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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