Also means
to be familiar with
Usage Note
Connaître is the 'know' you use for people and places you're acquainted with, while savoir is for facts and skills — you'd connaître Paris but savoir how to swim. It carries a circumflex left behind by a lost 's', and faire connaissance means to get acquainted.
Examples
"Je connais bien cette ville."
Natural Translation
I know this city well.
Literal Translation
I know well this city
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