Versailles

[ ver-sahy, ver-or, French ver-sah-yuh ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Yvelines, in N France, about 12 miles (19 km) SW of Paris: palace of the French kings; peace treaty between the Allies and Germany 1919.

Versailles

/ -ˈseɪlz; vɛəˈsaɪ; vɛrsɑj /

noun

1. a city in N central France, near Paris: site of an elaborate royal residence built for Louis XIV; seat of the French kings (1682–1789). Pop: 85 726 (1999)
2. Treaty of Versailles
   1. the treaty of 1919 imposed upon Germany by the Allies (except for the US and the Soviet Union): the most important of the five peace treaties that concluded World War I
   2. another name for (the Treaty of) Paris of 1783 See Paris 1

Versailles

1. City in northern France about ten miles southwest of Paris .

Notes

The Treaty of Versailles , signed in 1919, officially ended World War I .

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.

The French Revolution began in Versailles, when mobs stormed the palace.

Example Sentences

In 1986 a bronze statue called the Diana of Versailles was spotted and photographed by Robert Ballard, who had found the wreck of the Titanic a year earlier.

From BBC

"The first-class lounge was the most beautiful, and unbelievably detailed, room on the ship. And the centrepiece of that room was the Diana of Versailles," he said.

From BBC

He said the government reaches too deeply into people’s lives and that “a coup in this country happened” when President Woodrow Wilson led America into the world’s problems by signing the Treaty of Versailles, which led to the United Nations.

From Los Angeles Times

The Paris Paralympics saw events take place at some stunning locations - the equestrian at Parc de Versailles in the shadow of the palace; the blind football at the Eiffel Tower Stadium below the world-famous monument; the triathlon finishing on Pont Alexandre III and the taekwondo and wheelchair fencing at Grand Palais.

From BBC

The Paris Paralympics saw events take place at some stunning locations - the equestrian at Parc de Versailles in the shadow of the palace; the blind football at the Eiffel Tower Stadium below the world-famous monument; the triathlon finishing on Pont Alexandre III and the taekwondo and wheelchair fencing at Grand Palais.

From BBC