Paris of the East

Definitions

1. A major city that is considered as magnificent or culturally significant as Paris.
   uncountable, usually
2. Former nickname for Bucharest: the capital and largest city of Romania.
   dated
3. Former nickname for Casablanca: a major city in Morocco.
   dated
4. Former nickname for Lahore: a major city in modern Pakistan; in use during the time of the British Raj.
   obsolete
5. Former nickname for Phnom Penh: the capital and largest city of Cambodia.
   dated
6. Former nickname for Hanoi: a major city in Vietnam.
   dated
7. Former nickname for Shanghai: a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“"You know⟳, of course," noted another officer, "there are any number⟳ of Parises of the East, from Warsaw to Bucharest."”

“1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook, The University Press⟳, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press⟳, Oxford, →ISBN. p. 73; What odds whether Shanghai is the Paris of the East or Paris the Shanghai of the Occident ?”

“The Paris of the East, it was called. Cosmopolitan, bustling, exotic, mysterious, Shanghai was a cultural crossroads and the quintessential liberty town for sailors.”

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