arrondissement


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arrondissement /aˈrɒndiːsmɑ̃, ˌarɒnˈdiːsmɑ̃/
noun (in France) a subdivision of a local government department.

■ an administrative district of Paris.

– origin Fr., from arrondir ‘make round’.
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