Champs Élysées

[ shahn zey-lee-zey ]

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noun

Champs-Elysées

/ ʃɑ̃z elize; ʃɒnz eɪˈliːzeɪ /

a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices

Champs Élysées

A major avenue in Paris famous for the elegance of its cafés and shops. In French it means Elysian Fields .

They lived near the Champs Elysees, and at night I used to steal out and look at them through the window.

At half-past eight that night she walked into Caroline's wonderful house in the Champs-Elysees.

We will go and take a walk; we will go up the Champs Elysees.

I suppose if you construed it that way, if somebody got drunk on the Champs Elysees he ought to be in that category.

He went every day to the Champs Elysees returning home early in the morning.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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