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Parisii

Parisii noun: a Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.

Noun

Parisii pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.
  2. (historical, plural, plural-only) A British Celtic tribe located somewhere within the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, known from a single reference by Ptolemy, and possibly connected with the more widely known Parisii of Gaul.

Origin of Parisii

From Latin Parīsiī.

Questions about Parisii

What does Parisii mean?
Parisii means a Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.
What part of speech is Parisii?
Parisii is a noun.

Words near Parisii in the dictionary

  1. Parisienne
  2. parisienne scoop
  3. parisienne scoops
  4. Parisiennes
  5. Parisiens
  6. Parisii
  7. Parisine
  8. parisite
  9. parisology
  10. parisoma
  11. parisomas

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