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Definition: ARLES |
ARLESNoun plural1. An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. |
Date "ARLES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Arles \Arles\, plural noun. [Compare to the French expression arrhes, Scottish airles. Compare to Earles penny.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Arles is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, of which it is a sous-préfecture, in the former province of Provence.
Geography
The Rhône river divides itself in two arms in Arles, forming the Camargue delta. Because the Camargue is administratively part of Arles, Arles is the largest commune in France in terms of territory, although its population is only slightly more than 50,000. Its area is 750 km², which is 7 times the area of Paris.
History
Arles was an important city in Roman times (Latin name: Arelate), frequently used as headquarters for Roman Emperors in the 4th century during military campaigns, as well being the seat of the Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls.
Arles was a favorite city of Emperor Constantine the Great, who build baths there, remains of which are still standing. Emperor Constantine III made Arles his capital in 408. Arles was an important base for the Christianization of Gaul.
View of the city center, with the Rhône in the background
The Roman amphitheater
During the Middle Ages, townspeople fortified the amphitheater and built a little town inside it, letting the walls of the amphitheater serve as the walls of a minuscule walled town, but in the modern period this town demolished and the amphitheater returned to its Roman appearance.
Vincent Van Gogh lived in Arles in 1888-1889 and painted a number of his most famous paintings there, including the Night Cafe, the Yellow Room, Starry Night, and L'Arlesienne. However, there is no painting by Van Gogh in Arles.
Sights
Important remains of Roman times include the ancient theater, the arena or amphitheater, and Alyscamps (Roman cemetery). They have been listed as World Heritage Sites since 1981.
The cathedral of St. Trophime (Saint Trophimus) is a major work of Romanesque architecture, and the representation of the Last Judgment on its portal is considered one of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture, as are the columns in the adjacent cloister.
Portal of Saint Trophimus cathedral
Cloister of Saint Trophimus
Miscellaneous
A famous photography festival takes place in Arles every year, and the French national school of photography is located there. The major French publishing house Actes Sud is also located in Arles.
Bull fightss are conducted in the Roman amphitheater, including Provencal-style bullfights in which the bull is not killed but rather a team of athletic men attempt to remove a tassle from the bull's horn without getting injured.
Jeanne Calment (1875-1997), the oldest human being whose age is documented, was born, lived and died in Arles.
External link
- Early history: http://www.ancientroute.com/cities/arles.htm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arles."
Crosswords: ARLES |
| English words defined with "ARLES": Earles penny. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ARLES": Earles penny. (references) |
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| "VanGogh Cafe" by Sam Segar Commentary: "Cafe de la nuit in Arles. This cafe was painted several times by vanGogh." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For that of Arles, fifty livres |
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| "ARLES" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ARLES" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 53 | 46,657 |
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Expression using "ARLES": Arles penny. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "ARLES": arles-period. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ARLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Arlespoelse (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
Dutch | saucisson d'Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
French | saucisson d'Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
German | saucisson d'Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
Italian | salami di Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arlesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | salsichão de Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
Spanish | salchichón de Arles (Arles salami, Arles sausage). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "ARLES": carles, farles, parles. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ARLES": barless, carless, collarless, earless, fearless, fearlessly, fearlessness, fearlessnesses, gearless, mortarless, oarless, pearlescence, pearlescences, pearlescent, pillarless, scarless, starless, sugarless, tearless, warless. (additional references) | |
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"ARLES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adriles, Airleys, arle, arlen, Arlo, Arnez, Arsel, erles, Rayles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: earls, lares, laser, lears, rales, reals, seral. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ales, ares, arse, earl, ears, eras, lars, lase, lear, leas, rale, rase, real, sale, seal, sear, sera. | |
-2 letters: ale, als, are, ars, ear, els, era, ers, lar, las, lea, ras, res, sae, sal, sea, sel, ser. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, ar, as, el, er, es, la, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: alders, alerts, alters, argles, ariels, artels, ashler, balers, blares, blears, carles, clears, estral, falser, farles, flares, glares, halers, lacers, laders, lagers, lakers, lapser, larees, larges, lasers, lasher, laster, lavers, layers, learns, leaser, parles, pearls, rassle, ratels, ravels, reales, realms, relays, resail, resale, reseal, sailer, salter, salver, saurel, scaler, sclera, sealer, serail, serial, serval, slaker, slater, slaver, slayer, staler, stelar, talers, velars, versal, walers, warsle. | |
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