Noun: Paris per-is [N. Amer], pa-ris [Brit]
- The capital and largest city of France; and international centre of culture and commerce
- City of Light, French capital, capital of France
- A town in northeastern Texas
- (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
- Genus of flowering plants sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
- genus Paris
Type of: mythical being, national capital, plant genus, town
Part of: family Liliaceae, France, French Republic, Liliaceae, lily family, Lone-Star State, Tex., Texas, TX
Encyclopedia: Paris, Robert