Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paris of the east

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: paris of the east
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris.

Uncountable

name

Former nickname for Bucharest: the capital and largest city of Romania.

Dated

name

Former nickname for Casablanca: a major city in Morocco.

Dated

name

Former nickname for Lahore: a major city in modern Pakistan; in use during the time of the British Raj.

Obsolete

name

Former nickname for Phnom Penh: the capital and largest city of Cambodia.

Dated

name

Former nickname for Hanoi: a major city in Vietnam.

Dated

name

Former nickname for Shanghai: a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China.

Dated

Example Sentences

""You know, of course," noted another officer, "there are any number of Parises of the East, from Warsaw to Bucharest.""
"1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook, The University Press, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, →ISBN. p. 73; What odds whether Shanghai is the Paris of the East or Paris the Shanghai of the Occident ?"
"The Paris of the East, it was called. Cosmopolitan, bustling, exotic, mysterious, Shanghai was a cultural crossroads and the quintessential liberty town for sailors."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Paris de l'Orient

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Paris of the East (canonical) Parises of the East (plural)

Questions

What does paris of the east mean?: A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris.
Where does paris of the east come from?: It is traced to French.

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