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The word lès (French pronunciation: [lɛ] (listen), and [lɛ.z‿] with liaison) is an archaic French preposition meaning "near", "next to". Today it occurs only in place names to distinguish places of the same name.
The word lès has two variants: lez and les. The latter should not be confused with the plural definite article les (e.g. les-Bains, "the Baths").

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