Paris

Meaning

1. An English surname of Celtic origin, a variant of Parris.
2. A former settlement in Kiritimati, Kiribati.
3. A French surname originating as a patronymic, ultimately from Latin Patricius.
4. The government of France.
5. A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.
6. A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
7. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark.
8. The capital and largest city of France.
9. A former settlement in Yukon, Canada.
10. A hamlet in New Valley, Egypt.
11. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.
12. A Spanish surname, a variant of Aparicio.
13. A department of Île-de-France, France.
14. A Sicilian surname, a variant of Parigi.
15. A locale named after the French city.

Etymology / origin

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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