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Versailles

ver·sail·les

UK/vɛəˈsaɪ/ US/vəɹˈsaɪ/ uncommon

noun

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a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century

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Origin

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

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