Sentence:  Eight or ten years ago , a couple of French hoods stole a priceless Khmer head from the Musee Guimet , in <WSD>Paris</WSD> , and a week later crawled into the Salpetriere with unmistakable symptoms of leprosy . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce