Montmartre

[ mawn-mar-truh ]

noun

1. a hilly section in the N part of Paris, France: noted for the artists who have frequented and lived in the area.

Montmartre

/ mɔ̃martrə /

noun

1. a district of N Paris, on a hill above the Seine: the highest point in the city; famous for its associations with many artists

Example Sentences

They married in 1935 and moved to Paris the following year, renting a flat in Montmartre.

From Nautilus

His great pang in Montmartre was the Russian poet, and legendary beauty, Anna Akhmatova.

From The Daily Beast

She was on the fifth floor of a gloomy house on rue Montmartre, where Gobseck had called to collect a note signed by her.

From Project Gutenberg

There is now no dancing nor merry-making up at Montmartre, the real artists' quarter.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, after going a few steps down the Rue Montmartre, they turned to the right.

From Project Gutenberg

This cemetery going out of use, the ground, which lay on the right of the old road to Montmartre, was given to a market.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus accoutred, he descended the stairs of the house in which he lived at Montmartre.

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