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Villette or Villettes may refer to: Arthur Villettes, (fl. 1746–1765), British diplomat Francois Villette (1621-1698), engineer, optician and fireworks
Villette
Commune in Normandy, France
Villettes (French pronunciation: [vilɛt]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. ‹ The template Historical populations is
Villettes
1853 novel by Charlotte Brontë
Villette (/vɪˈlɛt/ vi-LET) is an 1853 bildungsroman novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist
Villette_(novel)
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Les Villettes (French pronunciation: [le vilɛt]; Occitan: Las Vialetas) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The Lignon
Les_Villettes
British diplomat
Arthur Villettes was a British diplomat who played an important role in diplomatic negotiations of the 18th century often serving as an envoy of the long-standing
Arthur_Villettes
1807 mutiny against the British in Malta
William Villettes, confined them to Fort Ricasoli, a large fortification at the entrance of the Grand Harbour. In November 1806, Villettes appointed
Froberg_mutiny
Film studios located in Paris
Cité Elgé (French pronunciation: [site ɛlʒe]) were French film studios located in Paris. They were constructed in 1905 in the Buttes-Chaumont area of the
Cité_Elgé
British Army general
and is buried at Half Way Tree. Villettes was born in 1754 to a Huguenot family, the son of diplomat Arthur Villettes, British ambassador to the Old Swiss
William_Villettes
French writer and politician
Charles Michel, Marquis de Villette (4 December 1736 – 7 July 1793) was a French writer and politician. Charles was born in Paris as the heir of a financier
Charles,_marquis_de_Villette
Public park in Paris, France
The Parc de la Villette (French pronunciation: [paʁk də la vilɛt]) is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the
Parc_de_la_Villette
Uprising during the War of Austrian Succession
while the British fleet under George Townshend were instructed by Arthur Villettes to continue their blockade of the city in protest until ordered to cease
Siege_of_Genoa_(1746)
Tower in Paris, France
Les Poissons (128 m) Tour Michelet (127 m) Tour France (126 m) Tour La Villette (125 m) Tour Prélude (123 m) Tour W (122 m) Les Mercuriales (122 m) Tour
Eiffel_Tower
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Villette-d'Anthon (French pronunciation: [vilɛt dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. ‹ The template Historical populations
Villette-d'Anthon
Multipurpose indoor arena in France
multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability
Zénith_Paris
Australian actor and director (born 1969)
Scott Red Planet Chip Pettengill 2001 The Affair of the Necklace Rétaux de Villette 2004 Book of Love David Walker 2005 The Ring Two Max Rourke Land of the
Simon_Baker
Municipal arrondissement in Île-de-France, France
Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l'Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette. The 19th arrondissement, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the
19th_arrondissement_of_Paris
Morganatic wife of Louis XIV (1635–1719)
the children went to the care of their paternal aunt, Madame de Villette. The Villettes' home, Mursay, became a happy memory for Françoise, who had been
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Françoise_d'Aubigné,_Marquise_de_Maintenon
1825 painting by Louis-François Lejeune
the Barrière de la Villette, after his coronation. 6 June 1825 (French: Entrée de Charles X à Paris, par la barrière de la Villette, après son sacre. 6
Entry of Charles X into Paris After His Coronation
Entry_of_Charles_X_into_Paris_After_His_Coronation
French composer (1926–1998)
Pierre Villette (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vilɛt]; 7 February 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a French composer of choral and instrumental music. Villette was
Pierre_Villette
Military unit
March 1805. The military unit was commanded by Major General William Villettes, who was also the overall commander of British troops in Malta and had
Royal_Regiment_of_Malta
English novelist and poet (1816–1855)
and she found the experience alarming, later describing it in her novel Villette. However, in spite of her eagerness to return, Charlotte became increasingly
Charlotte_Brontë
Capital of France
1977, the city has created 166 new parks, most notably the Parc de la Villette (1987), Parc André Citroën (1992), Parc de Bercy (1997) and Parc Clichy-Batignolles
Paris
Metro station in Paris, France
Porte de la Villette (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro. The origin of the commune of the Villette was a Gallo-Roman
Porte_de_la_Villette_station
Queen of France from 1774 to 1792
d'Oliva, a prostitute who happened to look like Marie Antoinette; Rétaux de Villette, a forger; Alessandro Cagliostro, an Italian adventurer; and the Count
Marie_Antoinette
French prostitute
Armand Gabriel Rétaux de Villette (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ ɡabʁijɛl ʁeto də vilɛt]; 9 February 1754-1797)[citation needed] was a French procurer,
Rétaux_de_Villette
Goddess of dawn in Roman mythology
Aurora and Tithonus in "On Imagination." In Chapter 8 of Charlotte Brontë's Villette, when Madame Beck fires her old Governess first thing in the morning, Lucy
Aurora_(mythology)
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
followed by a concert billed as "Miles and Friends" at the Grande halle de la Villette in Paris two days later, with guest performances by musicians from throughout
Miles_Davis
Pedestrian square in Paris
Rotonde de la Villette, a Neoclassical toll house once used to tax goods entering the city. Formerly a part of the Boulevard de la Villette, a square named
Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad
Place_de_la_Bataille-de-Stalingrad
La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ) was a French commune (municipality) in the Seine département lying immediately north-east of Paris. It
La_Villette,_Seine
French transgender woman (born 1935)
March 2013. Pruvot, Marie-Pierre (2007). Marie parce que c'est joli. Villettes: Ed. Bonobo. ISBN 978-2-35269-002-3. OCLC 83597444. Marie-Pierre Pruvot
Marie-Pierre_Pruvot
French boxer (born 2002)
came against fellow Frenchmen Ahmed El Mousaoui at the Zenith de Paris-la Villette. While El Mousaoui had his moments Samake proved he his potential by the
Bakary_Samake
Slaughterhouse and cultural center in Paris
The Grande halle de la Villette (originally: Grande Halle aux Boeufs; translation: "Great Hall of Cattle"), formerly a slaughterhouse and now a cultural
Grande_halle_de_la_Villette
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Villette-sur-Ain (French pronunciation: [vilɛt syʁ ɛ̃], literally Villette on Ain, before 1991: Villette) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern
Villette-sur-Ain
Eight monumental structures in Paris, built in the 1980s-90s
city skyline", included the Louvre Pyramid, Musée d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Grande Arche de La Défense, Ministry
Grands Projets of François Mitterrand
Grands_Projets_of_François_Mitterrand
French noblewoman
Louise Arthemise d'Aubigné (commonly known as Madame de Villette; 1584 – Mursay, 24 January 1663) was a French noblewoman and aunt of Madame de Maintenon
Madame_de_Villette
Canal in Paris
canal in Paris to unload the boats: Port de l'Arsenal and the Bassin de la Villette. By the 1960s, traffic had dwindled to a trickle and the canal narrowly
Canal_Saint-Martin
2001 film by Charles Shyer
channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own wayward, womanizing husband Nicholas. They concoct a plan to
The_Affair_of_the_Necklace
Former municipality in Vaud, Switzerland
Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux
Villette,_Vaud
1989 contemporary art exhibition in Paris
art exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Grande halle de la Villette in Paris, France, from 18 May to 14 August 1989. Magiciens de la Terre
Magiciens_de_la_terre
Siege of the War of the First Coalition
ordered Villettes to land north of the town with his 1,200 men, supported by a detachment of naval gunners led by Captain Nelson. Villettes' force comprised
Siege_of_Bastia
European table tennis competition
seven times and being the runners-up three times, while Belgian club La Villette Charleroi and Russian club Fakel Gazprom both have won five titles. In
European Champions League (table tennis)
European_Champions_League_(table_tennis)
English actress (born 1958)
adaptations of classic serials over the years, including Middlemarch, Villette and Wuthering Heights with Derek Jacobi. Sue created, produced and directed
Sue_Jenkins
Homosexual woman or girl
subject of a few of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets. Charlotte Brontë's Villette in 1853 initiated a genre of boarding school stories with homoerotic themes
Lesbian
Waiting room and lounge for performers
join the billiard room on purpose." In the 1853 Charlotte Brontë novel Villette the narrator refers to the green-room when preparing for a performance
Green_room
1953 film by Alfred Hitchcock
gardener for a shady lawyer, Villette. The film begins late one evening as a man wearing a cassock walks away from Villette's home with the lawyer dead on
I_Confess_(film)
18th-century city wall of Paris
portions of the wall still exist, such as the rotunda of the Barrier of La Villette (at Place de Stalingrad), the Barrière du Trône (at Place de la Nation)
Wall_of_the_Fermiers_généraux
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Villette (French pronunciation: [vilɛt] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Communes of the
Villette,_Yvelines
French noblewoman and writer
Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay, marquise de Caylus (1673–1729), was a French noblewoman and writer. Born in Poitou, she was the daughter
Marquise_de_Caylus
Office in Aubervilliers
The Tour La Villette (previously known as the Tour Daewoo, Tour Périphérique and Tour Olympe) is an office skyscraper located in Aubervilliers, in the
Tour_La_Villette
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Muille-Villette is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune is situated on the D932 road, some 15 miles (24 km)
Muille-Villette
Kosher supermarket chain
and around Paris (Porte de Vincennes, rue de Manin, rue de l'Ourcq, La Villette, rue Bayen, rue Jean-de-la-La-Fontaine, Montreuil, Créteil, Sarcelles,
Hypercacher
American funk band
III and performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Jazz a la Villette in Paris, and Paradiso in Amsterdam. The band's fourth EP The Fearless
The_Fearless_Flyers
Topics referred to by the same term
American performer and transgender activist Villette Sonique, a yearly music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France This disambiguation page lists
Sonique
French socialite (1890–1971)
Mericourt Pimps Paul Carbone Hamida Djandoubi François Spirito Rétaux de Villette Prostitutes Fernande Barrey Zahia Dehar Jean Genet Valtesse de La Bigne
Marguerite_Alibert
Music Festival in Paris
Villette Sonique is an annual music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, featuring a combination of experimental music, noise rock, electronic
Villette_Sonique
English actress (born 1977)
Portrait of a Lady as Isabel Archer (BBC Radio 4, 13 to 27 July 2008) Villette as Lucy Snowe (BBC Radio 4, 3 to 7 and 10 to 14 August 2009) Au Pairs as
Anna_Maxwell_Martin
French astrophysicist
1996 he was president of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in La Villette, and in 1998 he was named as director of the Palais de la Découverte, changing
Jean_Audouze
Architectural structure often used to support plants
siècle, Éditions du patrimoine, Paris, 2000, p. 172-173 Jean-Max Albert, L’espace de profil = Space in Profile, Les Éditions de La Villette, Paris, 1993.
Trellis_(architecture)
Mistress of Leopold II of Belgium (1883–1948)
Mericourt Pimps Paul Carbone Hamida Djandoubi François Spirito Rétaux de Villette Prostitutes Fernande Barrey Zahia Dehar Jean Genet Valtesse de La Bigne
Caroline_Lacroix
Urban park in Paris, France
park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden. Opened in 1867, late in the regime of Napoleon III
Parc_des_Buttes_Chaumont
French politician (born 1979)
André Glucksmann (who was an Ashkenazi Jew) and Françoise Glucksmann (née Villette), daughter of philosopher Jeannette Colombel. Between 2005 and 2012, he
Raphaël_Glucksmann
having a sixty per cent higher chance of dying than their junior officers. Villettes was a substantive lieutenant-general but held local rank as a general
List of British general officers killed in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
List_of_British_general_officers_killed_in_the_French_Revolutionary_and_Napoleonic_Wars
Belgian footballer (born 1991)
Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21
Eden_Hazard
Commune in Normandy, France
Ernemont-la-Villette (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnəmɔ̃ la vilɛt]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France
Ernemont-la-Villette
River in central France
Chambon-sur-Lignon, Saint-Jeures, Tence, Chenereilles, Lapte, Yssingeaux, Grazac, Les Villettes, Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon, Monistrol-sur-Loire Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau
Lignon_du_Velay
Algerian fashion and lingerie designer
Mericourt Pimps Paul Carbone Hamida Djandoubi François Spirito Rétaux de Villette Prostitutes Fernande Barrey Zahia Dehar Jean Genet Valtesse de La Bigne
Zahia_Dehar
Belgian professor and literary figure (1809–1896)
Rochester in Jane Eyre (1847), were inspired by him, and her two other novels, Villette (1853) and The Professor (1857) were inspired by her experience as a student
Constantin_Heger
Individuals interred at Westminster Abbey, London
Garrison Chapel, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire Lieutenant General William Villettes — buried in Kingston, Jamaica William Walton — ashes buried on Ischia
Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
Burials_and_memorials_in_Westminster_Abbey
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Villette-lès-Arbois (French pronunciation: [vilɛt lɛ.z‿aʁbwa], literally Villette near Arbois; Arpitan: Veleta) is a commune in the Jura department in
Villette-lès-Arbois
Novel by Paulo Coelho
know where Slovenia is. Her plan fails and she wakes up from the coma in Villette, a mental hospital in Slovenia, where she is told she has only a few days
Veronika_Decides_to_Die
2007 independent slasher film
Detective Spaulding Rod Grant as Detective Dunkin Norberto Santiago as Drago Villette Jerry Allen as Ed Purdy Jeff Dylan Graham as Jack Arlo Krystal Badia as
100_Tears
Character in the Book of Esther; queen of Persia
Krasznahorkai's 2008 novel Seiobo There Below. In Charlotte Brontë's 1853 novel Villette, the protagonist Lucy Snowe calls an actress she admires Vashti. A chapter
Vashti
French con woman
although they continued to live together. Jeanne took a lover, Rétaux de Villette, a common gigolo and Nicolas's fellow officer in the gendarmerie. Around
Jeanne_de_Valois-Saint-Rémy
French lutenist and composer
(Gaultier le Vieux, Gaultier de Lyon; also spelled Gautier or Gauthier) (Villette c. 1575 – Les Nèves 11 December 1651) was a French lutenist and composer
Ennemond_Gaultier
François Villette (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa vilɛt]; 1621- 1698) was an engineer, optician and fireworks expert at the court of Louis XIV of France
François_Villette
City of Cairo Governorate
Park, Mountain View 2 & Mountain View iCity Les Rois Taj City Eastown & Villette by SODIC Katameya Heights New Cairo & Katameya Dunes New Cairo The Square
New_Cairo
Artificial lake in Paris, France
The Bassin de la Villette (French pronunciation: [basɛ̃ də la vilɛt], La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water
Bassin_de_la_Villette
Metro station in Paris, France
Porte de Pantin (Parc de la Villette) (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də pɑ̃tɛ̃ paʁk də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5. It is
Porte_de_Pantin_station
City in France
Sainte-Blandine 3rd arrondissement: Guillotière (north), Préfecture, Part-Dieu, Villette, Dauphiné/Sans Souci, Montchat, Grange Blanche (north), Monplaisir (north)
Lyon
Musical artist
Larousse La Villette) (8 July 1865 – 27 March 1941) was a French composer and pianist. Strohl was the daughter of the painter Élodie La Villette (1842–1917)
Rita_Strohl
Métro station in Paris, France
section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette a short distance away in the Boulevard de la Villette and named after it. In 1942, the two stations
Stalingrad station (Paris Metro)
Stalingrad_station_(Paris_Metro)
1784–1785 scandal involving Marie Antoinette
ministers. Jeanne, having entered court utilizing a lover named Rétaux de Villette, persuaded Rohan that she had been received by the queen and enjoyed her
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Affair_of_the_Diamond_Necklace
houses the works of sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel Parc de la Villette - hosting the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a science museum, and
List of tourist attractions in Paris
List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Paris
Structural design made of isolated members held in place by tension
Structures Tendues et Autotendantes, Paris: Ecole d'Architecture de Paris la Villette, 1988, pp. 30–31. Gómez-Jáuregui, V. et al. (2023) "Tensegrity Applications
Tensegrity
Office skyscraper in Paris, France
Les Poissons (128 m) Tour Michelet (127 m) Tour France (126 m) Tour La Villette (125 m) Tour Prélude (123 m) Tour W (122 m) Les Mercuriales (122 m) Tour
Tour_Montparnasse
Concept in continental philosophy
"deconstructs". The project proposed the construction of a garden in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, which included a sieve, or harp-like structure that Derrida envisaged
Khôra
French television series
woman is found on a disused railway track in the North of Paris, near La Villette, Captain Laure Berthaud takes the opportunity to restore her image after
Spiral_(TV_series)
Napoleon I memorial
important of these was the "Napoleon" exhibition at the Grande halle de la Villette in Paris. Conceived as a "biopic" on the emperor, it aimed to do as well
Bicentenary of the death of Napoleon
Bicentenary_of_the_death_of_Napoleon
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Vernassal Le Vernet Vézézoux Vieille-Brioude Vielprat Villeneuve-d'Allier Les Villettes Vissac-Auteyrac Vorey Yssingeauxsubpr pref: prefecture subpr: subprefecture
Le_Chambon-sur-Lignon
doi:10.1016/0002-9378(81)90101-0. PMID 6786097. Fiet J, Hermano M, Witte J, Villette JM, Haimart M, Gourmel B, Tabuteau F, Rouffy J, Dreux C (September 1982)
Pharmacokinetics_of_estradiol
Species of frog
Frost, Darrel R. "Anomaloglossus dewynteri Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Villette, Reizine, Gaucher, Jairam, Ouboter, and Kok, 2018". Amphibian Species of
Anomaloglossus_dewynteri
1934 French film by Jean Vigo
between the Marne and the Rhine and down the Ourcq canal to the basin at La Villette. The harsh and early winter weather slowed down the shooting schedule and
L'Atalante
French architect (1947–2026)
France [fr], the zone d'aménagement concerté [fr] of the Bassin de la Villette, and La Joliette in Marseille. Céleste died on 14 June 2026. Architecture
Patrick_Céleste
Type of building
folly garden in Chambourcy near Paris, France (18th century) Parc de la Villette in Paris has a number of modern follies by architect Bernard Tschumi. The
Folly
Château in Île-de-France, France
The Château de Villette (French pronunciation: [ʃato d(ə) vilɛt]) is a château (a French manor house) located in Condécourt, France, 40 km (24.8 mi) northwest
Château_de_Villette
1418 massacres in Paris, France
the prisoners were killed except the abbot of Saint-Denis, Philippe de Villette, who escaped to the church and was rescued by Jean de Villiers. The third
Paris coup d'état and massacres of 1418
Paris_coup_d'état_and_massacres_of_1418
Commune in Grand Est, France
Villette-sur-Aube (French pronunciation: [vilɛt syʁ ob], literally Villette on Aube) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. ‹ The
Villette-sur-Aube
Dutch architect (born 1944)
early critically received (yet unbuilt) projects included the Parc de la Villette, Paris (1982) and the residence for the Prime Minister of Ireland (1979)
Rem_Koolhaas
1857 novel by Charlotte Brontë
reworked, from the perspective of a female teacher, into Brontë's later novel Villette. Brontë, Charlotte The Professor. New York: Barnes and Noble, 2005. Butterworth
The_Professor_(novel)
English novelist and poet (1820–1849)
(1857). The Life of Charlotte Brontë: Author of "Jane Eyre", "Shirley", "Villette", Etc. D. Appleton and Company. p. 299. Barker, Juliet (2010). The Brontës
Anne_Brontë
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Pleasing; Loved
Female
Egyptian
, the granddaughter of Naoushceri.
Boy/Male
Israeli American
Cry of rejoicing.
Girl/Female
French
Bitter.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Golden, Lovely
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beyond criticism, Praiseworthy, Perfect, Innocent, Handsome
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Ceremonial grain.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Praiseworthy, Love of God
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
An arrogant lady.
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