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Sorbonne

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Sorbonne (French) [sɔrbɔn]
n
(Placename) the. a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
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Noun1.SorbonneSorbonne - a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
Paris University, University of Paris
capital of France, City of Light, French capital, Paris - the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce


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replied the peasant, with a purity of accent peculiar to the people of that district and which might have put to shame the cultured denizens of the Sorbonne and the Rue de l'Universite.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Monsieur Robert Darzac, who was at that time about forty years of age, was a professor of physics at the Sorbonne.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
The City had Notre-Dame; the Town, the Louvre and the Hôtel de Ville; the University, the Sorbonne.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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