The fashionable or elite society of a place; the social elite or upper class (from Almanach de Gotha, a registry of European nobility).
From 'Almanach de Gotha,' a German genealogical reference book founded in Gotha, Germany in 1763 listing European nobility and aristocracy.
The Almanach de Gotha was so famous among the European elite that its name became a byword for high society itself—showing how a single reference book shaped how people talk about class and status.
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