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

Now the item will form part of the South Kensington museum's Versailles: Science And Splendour exhibition, which opens on 12 December.

From BBC

Long before Lauren Greenfield traveled to central Florida to document the infamous “Queen of Versailles,” her best-known subjects were the kids growing up in the shadow of Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times

The weather made it a difficult event for all the Grade III competitors, as heavy rain fell throughout the morning at Versailles – although it eased up in the afternoon for Grades I and II.

From BBC

Natasha Baker and Georgia Wilson added bronzes in the individual grade III and II events at the Chateau de Versailles.

From BBC

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