a cause célêbre

a famous event or legal case which people discuss a lot because it is so interesting or shocking The relationship between Edward Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson became an international cause célêbre in the 1930s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
CÁEl	-	Irish Mythology
Stephen	STEEV-ən (English), STEF-ən (English)	English, Biblical
Djehuti	-	Egyptian Mythology
Imran	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Ginevra	jee-NEV-rah	Italian
Philippa	FIL-i-pə (English), fi-LIP-ə (English)	English (British), German