Vichy Definition

vĭshē, vēshē
noun
A sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy.
Webster's New World
A natural or processed water like this.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A town in Auvergne, France, the capital of Vichy France during the World War II.

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Origin of Vichy

  • From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place nameVippiacus, 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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Vichy Sentence Examples

  • Moulins, the capital, Montlugon and Vichy, are the principal towns.

  • A course at Carlsbad, Vichy or Contrexeville, may be helpful.

  • Its alkaline and sulphur-alkaline mineral waters, similar to those of Ems, Selters and Vichy, are much visited in summer.

  • The most important are Vichy and Vals in France and Neuenahr in Germany.

  • In March 1942 Vichy passed a law making home economics a compulsory subject for girls.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIC

Words Ending With

YHYCHY

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