Vichy
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Vichy¹
- /ˈviːʃi/
Rhymes with -iːʃi
Where it comes from
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."
proper noun
- A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.
- Vichy France; the Vichy French government.
noun
- Ellipsis of Vichy water
Vichy²
Where it comes from
From Vichy France.
noun
- Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory. More recently, a succession of novels, including Robert Harris's Fatherland, Resistance by Owen Sheers and CJ Sansom's Dominion – which imagines a Vichy Britain in 1952 ruled by Lord Beaverbrook and Oswald Mosley – have explored the same theme.
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Talk about this word "Vichy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vichy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Vichy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vichy "Vichy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vichy.Cite this
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title = {Vichy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vichy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
