9-3
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From "9" and "3", the number of the department (93)
Pronunciation
Noun
9-3 m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, derogatory) the department of Seine-Saint-Denis
Note
This is the only case of a French department's number whose ciphers are spelled separately. The spelling as a whole is also common (quatre-vingt-treize) – as it is the case of any other department – and is not derogatory.