paris
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Definition of paris
39 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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The capital and largest city of France.
“And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.”
“While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.”
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The capital and largest city of France.
“And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.”
“While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.”
- A department of Île-de-France, France.
- (metonymically)The government of France.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A locale named after the French city.
- A community in Ontario; named for nearby gypsum deposits, used to make plaster of Paris (itself named for the city).
- An English habitational surname from Old French for someone from Paris.
- A male given name from place name.
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.
“During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.”
- (Greek)A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.
- A French surname originating as a patronymic, ultimately from Latin Patricius.
- An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.
- A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.
- A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.
- A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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