Look up: arrondissement

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   Arrondissement
   Ar`ron`disse`ment' noun [ French, from arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, Latin rotundus .] A subdivision of a department. [ France] » The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments , those into arrondissements , those into cantons , and the latter into communes .
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   arrondissement
   A subdivision of a department. ... The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes. ... Origin: F, fr. Arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. Rotundus. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Arrondissement
   An `arrondissement` is an administrative division in some French or Dutch-speaking countries:
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   Arrondissement
   • (n.) A subdivision of a department.
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   arrondissement
   (from the article `Paris`) ...around monasteries or churches and often the site of a market. From the mid-14th to the mid-16th century the city`s growth was mainly eastward; ... ...went into effect, the French administrative system was built around départements, each headed by a préfet, and subdivisions of the dépar...
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