Vichy.
Vichy (a town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II)
Meaning & usage
Vichy (a town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II)
Where this word comes from
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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