Paris (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Paris is the name of a variety of things.

Locations

• France
  • Paris

• Canada
  • Paris, Ontario
  • Paris, Yukon
• United States
  • Paris, Arkansas
  • Perris, California
  • Paris, Idaho
  • Paris, Illinois
  • Paris, Kentucky
  • Paris, Michigan
  • Paris, Missouri
  • Paris, New York
  • Paris, Ohio
  • Paris, Pennsylvania
  • Paris, Tennessee
  • Paris, Texas
  • Paris, Virginia
  • Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin
  • Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
  • New Paris, Indiana
  • New Paris, Ohio
  • New Paris, Pennsylvania
  • Paris Township, Michigan
  • South Paris, Maine
  • West Paris, Maine

People

• The Parisii were a people that lived in Gaul from the middle of the third century B.C. until the Roman era.
• Matthew Paris (c. 1200–1259) was a Benedictine monk and chronicler.
• Alexis Paulin Paris (1800–1881) was a French scholar and author.
• Gaston Paris (1839–1903) was a French scholar, the son of Alexis Paulin Paris.
• Twila Paris (born c. 1959) is a contemporary Christian songwriter and singer.
• Paris is a militant San Francisco-based rapper.
• Paris Hilton (born 1981) is a socialite and model most known for her sex tape and being the co-star of The Simple Life.
• Paris Howe Strewe is an actor, who played Théodred, the Prince of Rohan, in the 2002 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Mythology and fiction

• Paris was a legendary figure of the Trojan War.
• Paris is a character in Romeo and Juliet. (The 1996 movie dubs him Dave Paris.)
• Tom Paris is a character on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.

Other

• Paris is a genus (plants of liliaceae family).
• Plaster of Paris, another name for plaster, is a type of building material based on anhydrous gypsum.
• Paris, Texas is a movie directed by Wim Wenders.