Montpellier
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Mont·pel·lier
(môN-pĕl-yā′) A city of southern France near the Mediterranean Sea west-northwest of Marseille. Founded in the tenth century, it was purchased by Philip VI of France in 1349. The city was later a Huguenot center and was besieged and captured by Louis XIII in 1622.
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Montpellier
(French mɔ̃pɛlje)n
(Placename) a city in S France, the chief town of Languedoc: its university was founded by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289; wine trade. Pop: 254 974 (2006)
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Mont•pel•lier
(mɔ̃ pɛˈlyeɪ)n.
a city in S France. 221,307.
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