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Tuileries

Tuileries proper noun: a palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.

Proper noun

Tuileries

  1. A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.
  2. A public park and garden built on the site of the former palace.

Origin of Tuileries

From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace.

Questions about Tuileries

What does Tuileries mean?
Tuileries means a palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.
What part of speech is Tuileries?
Tuileries is a proper noun.

Words near Tuileries in the dictionary

  1. tui
  2. tui na
  3. Tuidraki
  4. Tuidrakis
  5. tuile
  6. Tuileries
  7. tuiles
  8. Tuilevu
  9. Tuilevus
  10. tuilik
  11. tuiliks

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