Paris (disambiguation)

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Paris is the capital of France, which may consist of :

  • the City of Paris
  • Greater Paris, administratively named Métropole du Grand Paris
  • the Paris region, administratively named Île-de-France region

Paris may also refer to:

People

  • Paris (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
  • Paris (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
  • Count of Paris, a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times; revived in the 19th and 20th centuries by Orléanists

Mythological or fictional characters

  • Paris (mythology), a prince of Troy in Greek mythology
  • Count Paris, a character in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet
  • The Great Paris, stage name of a fictional character on the television series Mission: Impossible

Places

Canada

  • Paris, Ontario, a community
  • Paris, Yukon, a former community

Indonesia

  • Paris, Gorontalo, a village in Gorontalo Regency
  • Paris, Highland Papua, a village in Highland Papua

United States

Other places

Media

Film and television

  • Paris (1924 film), a French silent drama film directed by René Hervil
  • Paris (1926 film), an MGM film starring Charles Ray, Joan Crawford, and Douglas Gilmore
  • Paris (1929 film), a "lost" production of the 1928 Cole Porter Broadway musical
  • Paris (1937 film), a French comedy film
  • Paris (2003 film), an American thriller film
  • Paris (2008 film), directed by Cédric Klapisch
  • Paris (1979 TV series), starring James Earl Jones
  • Paris (1994 TV series), a British sitcom
  • Paris, fictional setting for Peter Weir's 1974 film The Cars That Ate Paris
  • Paris, France (film), a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
  • Paris, Texas (film), a 1984 drama directed by Wim Wenders

Music

Artists

  • Paris (band), American rock music power trio formed in 1975
  • Paris (rapper) (born 1967), Oakland black nationalist rap artist
  • PVRIS, American rock band previously called Paris
  • Paris, an early name of Poison, a glam metal band formed in the 1980s
  • Paris, an early 1980s British band featuring Andy Hill

Musicals

  • Paris (1928 musical), a Cole Porter musical
  • Paris (2003 musical), a musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English

Albums

  • Paris (Marc Lavoine album), a 1991 album by Marc Lavoine
  • Paris (Malcolm McLaren album), a 1997 concept album by Malcolm McLaren
  • Paris (La Oreja de Van Gogh album), 2004
  • Paris (Paris album), 1976
  • Paris (Paris Hilton album), Paris Hilton's debut album
  • Paris (Putumayo album), a 2006 world music compilation album
  • Paris (Supertramp album), a 1980 double-disc live album by Supertramp
  • Paris (The Cure album), a 1993 live album by The Cure
  • Paris (Zaz album), a 2014 album by Zaz
  • Paris, Texas, a 1984 soundtrack album, for the film of the same name, by Ry Cooder

Songs

Writing

  • Paris (novel), historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, first published in 2013
  • Paris: A Poem, a 1920 modernist poem by Hope Mirrlees
  • Paris, BN, lat. 4404, a medieval manuscript

Science and technology

Ships

  • French battleship Paris, launched in 1912 and scrapped in 1956
  • SS Paris, various steamships
  • SS Paris II, a French military ship sunk in 1917 off Kemer, Turkey

Retail and hospitality

  • Paris (retail), a Chilean department store chain formerly known as Almacenes París
  • Paris Las Vegas, a hotel and casino

Other uses

  • Paris (plant), a genus of plants
  • Paris (horse) (foaled 1803), a British thoroughbred racehorse
  • Paris Agreement, international agreement on responding to climate change
  • Paris meetings, agreements and declarations (disambiguation)
  • Paris FC, a French football club
  • Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris, a French jet trainer and liaison aircraft
  • Judgement of Paris, a Greek myth
  • París (Mexico City Metrobús), a BRT station in Mexico City

See also

  • Pari (disambiguation)
  • Parisian (disambiguation)
  • Parisii (disambiguation)
  • Parris (disambiguation)
  • Parizh (lit. Paris), several rural localities in Russia
  • Parys (disambiguation)
  • Prais (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Paris
  • All pages with titles containing Paris
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