Vichy

Meaning

Name

1. A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.
2. (figuratively, historical, metonymically) A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.

Noun

Ellipsis of Vichy water.

Noun

Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory.

Translations

Vichy

Vichy

Vichy

Vichy

Βισύ

vichy

Vichy

Vichèi

Vichy

فيشي

Vichy

فايتشي، ميزوري

Vichèi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈviːʃi/

Etymology

From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement."