Palais () may refer to:
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Dance hall
Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing. From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub. The majority of towns and cities i ...
, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK
* ''Palais'', French for
palace
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
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Grand Palais
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées ( en, Great Palace of the Elysian Fields), commonly known as the Grand Palais ( English: Great Palace), is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th ...
, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées
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Petit Palais
The Petit Palais (; en, Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts ...
, an art museum in Paris
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Palais River in the French ''département'' of
Deux-Sèvres
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Palais Theatre, historic cinema ("picture palace") in Melbourne, Australia
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Richard Palais (born 1931), American mathematician
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Le Palais, a commune in Morbihan departement, France
See also
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Palais Royal (disambiguation)
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Palai (disambiguation)
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Palace (disambiguation)
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Palas (disambiguation)
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