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Haussmann
[ hous-muhn; French ohs-man ]
noun
- Georges Eu·gène [zhaw, r, zh , œ, -, zhen], Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
Haussmann
/ əsmən /
noun
- HaussmannGeorges-Eugène, Baron18091891MFrenchMISC: town planner Georges-Eugène, Baron. 1809–91, French town planner, noted for his major rebuilding of Paris in the reign of Napoleon III
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- Hauss·mann·i·za·tion [hous-m, uh, -n, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Example Sentences
The Haussmann urban-renewal project demolished old neighborhoods.
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Paris is always Paris, and always will be, in spite of the immortal Haussmann, both for those who love it and for those who don't.
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In the notorious chamber of Valentine Haussmann the corpse of Dombrowski was laid out upon a bed of blue satin.
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The two great latter-day Paris boulevards are boulevard Haussmann and boulevard Malesherbes.
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Besides, the flat in the Boulevard Haussmann was plaguing her to death.
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We were guests of my fathers old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge, Boulevard Haussmann, and a complete change of scene it was.
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