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Treves

Treves is the obsolete form of Trier.

Meaning of Trier

Proper noun

Trier (countable and uncountable, plural Triers)

  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.
  2. A habitational surname from German.
    Synonyms:
    Treves

See all 7 meanings of trier

Origin of Treves

From French Trèves, from Latin Treverorum, from Augusta Treverorum, from Gaulish.

Questions about Treves

What is Treves the obsolete form of?
Treves is the obsolete form of Trier.

Words near Treves in the dictionary

  1. Trevelyan
  2. Trevelyans
  3. Trevena
  4. Trevenas
  5. Treverbyn
  6. Treves
  7. trevet
  8. Trevethin
  9. trevets
  10. Trevett
  11. trevette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Treves (page history and authors); Trier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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