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French Cities by Etymology
Guess these select French cities by their earlier etymology.
Hint: all words from which names are derived share the same first letter as the modern names
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Origin
Language
Meaning
City
Ambiani
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Ambe
Latin / Gaulish (respectively)
"River"
Amiens
*Brigs
Celtic family, potentially
"Hill"
Brest
Burdigala
Aquitanian, potentially
Bordeaux
Diviō
Latin
"Divine"
Dijon
L'Isle
Old French
"The island"
Lille
Lugdun / Lugdunon
Gaulish
"hill of" either "the god Lug" or "the crows" / "shining hill"
Lyon
Mas
Ancient Ligurian, potentially
"Spring"
Marseille
Mons pisleri
Medieval Latin
"Woad mountain"
Montpellier
*Nant-
Gaulish
"River"
Nantes
Nikaia
Ancient Greek
From "Nike," goddess of victory
Nice
Pario-
Celtic family, potentially
"Cauldron"
Paris
*Red-
Proto-Celtic
"Ride"
Rennes
Rēmi
Gaulish
"The first" or "The kings"
Reims
Strata + *burgz
Latin + Proto-Germanic (respectively)
"Town (at the crossing) of roads" (lit. "paved road" + "fortress")
Strasbourg
Tolosa
Aquitanian or Iberian, potentially
Toulouse
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Deuteronomius
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Level 69
Oct 9, 2024
Nice quiz. Could probably use a yellow box though, as now you can just type in the twelve biggest french cities
nromero02
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Level 68
Oct 9, 2024
Will do! Thanks for the tip
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