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Ver⋅sailles

  [ver-sahy, ver- or, Fr. ver-sah-yuh ]
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a city in and the capital of Yvelines, in N France, ab. 12 mi. (19 km) SW of Paris: palace of the French kings; peace treaty between the Allies and Germany 1919. 97,133.
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Versailles [(ver-seye, vuhr-seye)]

City in northern France about ten miles southwest of Paris.

Note: It is the site of the Palace of Versailles, which was built by King Louis xiv in the seventeenth century and was the royal residence for over one hundred years.
Note: The French Revolution began in Versailles, when mobs stormed the palace.
Note: The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I.
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