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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.Sorbonne - a university in ParisSorbonne - a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
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.
Monsieur Robert Darzac, who was at that time about forty years of age, was a professor of physics at the Sorbonne.
The City had Notre-Dame; the Town, the Louvre and the Hôtel de Ville; the University, the Sorbonne.
 
 
 
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