Pontoise

[ pawn-twaz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in and the capital of Val-d'Oise, in N France, on the Oise River, NW of Paris.

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Surely, it could only be his sense of humour that made a "nun at Pontoise" of the issue of this liaison?

Her demands were outstripped by those of an assembly of deputies from the states which met at Pontoise.

The avowed leaders of the court party are all nobles; among them is the knight of Charny and the knight James of Pontoise.

Out of this circumstance grew the proverb or popular saying, "Avoir l'air de revenir de Pontoise."

The domain of Pontoise belonged in turn to many seigneurs, but up to the Revolution it was still practically une ville monastique.

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