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lutetia parisiorum

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Par⋅is

[par-is; for 2 also Fr. pa-ree]
–noun
1. Matthew. Matthew of Paris.
2. Ancient, Lutetia Parisiorum, Pa⋅ris⋅i⋅i [puh-riz-ee-ahy] . a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville-de-Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine. 2,317,227.
3. a city in NE Texas. 25,498.
4. a town in NW Tennessee. 10,728.
5. Treaty of,
a. a treaty signed in 1763 by France, Spain, and Great Britain that ended the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War.
b. a treaty signed in 1783 by the United States and Great Britain that ended the American Revolution.
c. a treaty signed in 1898 by the United States and Spain that ended the Spanish-American War.
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Paris

Capital of France and the largest city in the country, located in north-central France on the Seine River; an international cultural and intellectual center, as well as the commercial and industrial focus of France.

Note: In the Treaty of Paris (1783), Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the thirteen colonies as the United States.
Note: In the 1920s, Paris was home to many artists and writers from the United States and other countries.
Note: During World War II, German troops occupied the city from 1940 to 1944.
Note: The city's tourist attractions include the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The Champs Élysées is the most famous of its many celebrated streets, avenues, and boulevards.
Note: Paris is a center for fashion and design.
Note: It is called the “City of Light.”
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Word Origin & History

Paris 
from Gallo-L. Lutetia Parisorum (in L.L. also Parisii), name of a fortified town of the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii, lit. "Parisian swamps" (cf. O.Ir. loth "dirt," Welsh lludedic "muddy, slimy").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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