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Fon⋅taine⋅bleau

[fon-tin-bloh; Fr. fawn-ten-bloh]
–noun
a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest. 19,595.
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Fon·taine·bleau   (fŏn'tĭn-blō', fôɴ-těn-blō')   
A town of northern France southeast of Paris. Its chateau (built by Francis I) was long a royal palace and is now the summer residence of the president of France. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes was signed here in 1685. Population: 15,900.
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