Paris of the East
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Usually a calque of French Paris de l’Orient, praising a location for its supposed resemblance to the glamor and nightlife of 19th-century Paris.
Proper noun[edit]
- (dated) Synonym of Bucharest, Romania.
- (dated) Synonym of Casablanca, Morocco.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Lahore in British India.
- (dated) Synonym of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- (dated) Synonym of Hanoi, Vietnam.
- (dated) Synonym of Shanghai, China.
Translations[edit]
Paris of the East
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