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Troyes

(trwä)
A city of northeast France on the Seine River east-southeast of Paris. A pre-Roman town, it was a prosperous commercial center in the Middle Ages and was noted for its annual fairs, which set standards of weights and measures for much of Europe.
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Troyes

(French trwa)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in NE France: became prosperous through its great fairs in the early Middle Ages. Pop: 63 044 (2006)
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Troyes

(trwɑ)

n.
a city in NE France, on the Seine. 64,769.
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He was often heard to say, "I saw the Louvre emerge from its rubbish; I saw the birth of the place du Chatelet, the quai aux Fleurs and the Markets." He and his brother, both born at Troyes, were sent in youth to serve their apprenticeship in a government office.
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From Plato to Lancelot; a preface to Chretien de Troyes.
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