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Vichy

UK/ˈviːʃi/ US/ˈviʃi/ uncommon

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a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II

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From French Vichy, 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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