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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| belle époque |
| SYLLABICATION: | belle é·poque |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -p k |
| NOUN: | An era of artistic and cultural refinement in a society, especially in France at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French : belle, beautiful + époque, era. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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