Masculine
Vichy
Meaning
Vichy (a town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II)
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vi.ʃi/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed 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.".
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