Paris

proper nouncommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

paris

abbreviation of the Latin words civitas parisiorum or urbs parisiorum (« city of the parisii » or « city of the Parisians »), official name given in the 4th century to replace Lutetia, the Parisii being the name of its first Celtic inhabitants. The origin of the name « Parisii » is unknown (probably from Gaulish pario- « cauldron », see the Welsh word pair).

Definitions

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Synonyms

PanamePantrucheVille Lumière

Translations

  • germangerman:Paris
  • englishenglish:Paris
  • arabicarabic:باريس
  • chinesechinese:巴黎市
  • koreankorean:파리
  • danishdanish:Paris
  • spanishspanish:París
  • finnishfinnish:Pariisi
  • greekgreek:Παρίσι
  • hebrewhebrew:פריז
  • italianitalian:Parigi
  • japanesejapanese:パリ
  • dutchdutch:Parijs
  • polishpolish:Paryż
  • portugueseportuguese:Paris
  • russianrussian:Париж
  • swedishswedish:Paris
  • thaithai:ปารีส
  • turkishturkish:Paris
  • ukrainianukrainian:Париж

See also

parisien (adj.) parisianiser (v.) pari (cn.) parisianiste (adj.) parisianisme (cn.)