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Chartres

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Char·tres  (shärt, shärtr)
A city of northern France southwest of Paris. Its 13th-century cathedral is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture noted for its stained glass and asymmetrical spires. Population: 39,800.
Chartres [ˈʃɑːtrə ʃɑːt (French) ʃartrə]
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(Placename) a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop.: 41 850 (1990)
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Noun1.Chartres - a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral - a Gothic cathedral in northern France; built in 13th century
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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Thanks to this mode of locomotion, he traversed the space separating Chartres from Chateaubriand.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And she also knew where the Lebruns lived, on Chartres Street.
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He had talked to her about Cronshaw, she would see him; and there was Lawson, he had gone to Paris for a couple of months; and they would go to the Bal Bullier; there were excursions; they would make trips to Versailles, Chartres, Fontainebleau.
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