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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern France northeast of Montpellier. Thought to have been founded by Greek colonists, it was one of the leading cities of Roman Gaul and has many important ruins dating from the first and second centuries AD.

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  • proper noun A city in southern France, the capital of the department of Gard, in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

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From French Nîmes.

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