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Argenteuil
Argenteuil , city (1990 pop. 94,162), Val-d'Oise dept., N France, on the Seine, a suburb of Paris. It has important metalworks and factories making furniture, railroad and airplane parts, and chemicals. Once famous for its asparagus and grapes, industry and suburban housing have taken over the fields. It grew around a convent founded in the 7th cent.; there Heloise was educated and, after her misfortune, became prioress (see Abelard, Peter ). The convent (later a monastery) was destroyed in the French Revolution; the famous relic, the Seamless Tunic, said to have been worn by Jesus, was given by Charlemagne to the convent and is now enshrined in Saint-Denis Basilica (1866). |
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Argenteuil
Argenteuil, Île‐de‐France/France Argentogilum The present and Roman names may come from the deposits of silver ‘argent’ used by the Gauls or from a Gaulish personal name. The suffix comes from the Gaulish ialo ‘settlement’ or ‘village’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Argenteuil." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Argenteuil." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Argenteuil.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Argenteuil." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Argenteuil.html |
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