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Definition: Clemenceau

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Clemenceau" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)

Common Expressions: Clemenceau

Expressions Definition
FS Clemenceau (1957-1997) The Clemenceau (R98), often affectionately called "le Clém'", was the 8th aircraft carrier of the French Navy. From the 60s to the 90s, she was the backbone of the French Navy, along with her sister-ship, the Foch. During her career, she sailed more than a million nautical miles in 3125 days at sea, on all the seas of the world. She was the second French warship to be named after Georges Clemenceau, the first one being a battleship of the Richelieu class, laid down in 1939 and never finished. (references)
Georges Clemenceau French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Mount Clemenceau Mount Clemenceau is the fourth highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. The peak was originally named "Pyramid" in 1892 by Arthur Coleman. The mountain was renamed by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey in 1919 to its present name, which is for Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I. (references)

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Extended Definition: Clemenceau

Clemenceau

Clemenceau may refer to:

  • Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), French physician, journalist and statesman
  • Clemenceau (R 98), a French aircraft carrier
  • Mount Clemenceau, a mountain in the Canadian Rockies
  • Rue Clémenceau, a commercial and residential street in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Clemenceau, Arizona, a smelter town named after Georges Clemenceau

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Clemenceau". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Clemenceau

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Georges Clemenceau 60     Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau (Paris Métro) 22
Clemenceau 30     Clemenceau 30
Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau (Paris Métro) 22     Clemenceau (R 98) 21
Clemenceau (R 98) 21     Clemenceau class aircraft carrier 7
Clemenceau class aircraft carrier 7     Georges Clemenceau 60

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).