Paris

Meaning

  1. The capital and largest city of France.
  2. A department of Île-de-France, France.
  3. The government of France.
  4. A locale named after the French city.
  5. A locale named after the French city.
  6. A locale named after the French city.
  7. A locale named after the French city.
  8. A locale named after the French city.
  9. A locale named after the French city.
  10. A locale named after the French city.
  11. A locale named after the French city.
  12. A locale named after the French city.
  13. A locale named after the French city.
  14. A locale named after the French city.
  15. A locale named after the French city.
  16. A locale named after the French city.
  17. A locale named after the French city.
  18. A locale named after the French city.
  19. A locale named after the French city.
  20. A locale named after the French city.
  21. A locale named after the French city.
  22. A locale named after the French city.
  23. A locale named after the French city.
  24. A locale named after the French city.
  25. A locale named after the French city.
  26. A locale named after the French city.
  27. A locale named after the French city.
  28. A locale named after the French city.
  29. A community of Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
  30. An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
  31. A male given name from place name.
  32. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.

Concepts

Paris

City of Light

French capital

capital of France

genus Paris

Parisian

fly

París

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpæɹ.ɪs/
Etymology

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

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