Arc de Triomphe

See also: arc de triomphe

English

Etymology

From French Arc de Triomphe (literally “Arch of Triumph”), from arc de triomphe (“triumphal arch”).

Proper noun

Arc de Triomphe

  1. A war monument in Paris, France, designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, started in 1808 and inaugurated in 1836.

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