Paris

Meaning

1. The capital and largest city of France.
2. A department of Île-de-France, France.
3. (metonymically) The government of France.
4. A locale named after the French city.
5. A locale named after the French city.
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22. A locale named after the French city.
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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 in 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.

Synonyms

French capital

Parisian

City of Light

capital of France

genus Paris

fly

✈️

París

Translations

Paris

Paris

Paris

Parigi

París

Paris

Parijs

باريس

Lutetia

Παρίσι

Paris

París

Paris

Paris

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæɹ.ɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Parys

In summary

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.

Sentences

I'm also going back to Paris today .