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Arles

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Arles  (ärlz, ärl)
1. A medieval kingdom of eastern and southeast France. It was formed in 933 and gradually split up after 1246.
2. A city of south-central France on the Rhone River delta. A flourishing city in Roman times, it is the site of many ancient remains, including a Roman cemetery and an arena built in the second century a.d. Population: 52,600.
Arles [ɑːlz (French) arl]
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1. (Placename) a city in SE France, on the Rhône: Roman amphitheatre. Pop.: 52 590 (1990)
2. (Placename) (Historical Terms) Kingdom of. a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
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Noun1.arles - money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
earnest money
earnest - something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract


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Born in the neighborhood of Arles, she had shared in the beauty for which its women are proverbial; but that beauty had gradually withered beneath the devastating influence of the slow fever so prevalent among dwellers by the ponds of Aiguemortes and the marshes of Camargue.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Again, in Arles and Nimes, and other towns that I could name, there are the great arches and fortalices still standing which were built of old by giant men who came from the south.
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