Versailles

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Versailles

  1. A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
  2. (by ellipsis) The Palace of Versailles.
  3. (by ellipsis, historical) The Treaty of Versailles (1919).
    Synonym: dictate of Versailles / Dictate of Versailles
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Etymology 2

From etymology 1.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Versailles

  1. A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
  2. A home-rule class city and county seat of Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology 3

Named by Vietnamese American residents in the 1970s after the Versailles Arms apartment complex in which they first settled.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Versailles

  1. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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French

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Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”)[1] or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.saj/ ~ /vɛʁ.sɑj/
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  • Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj

Proper noun

Versailles f pl (plural only)

  1. Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)
  2. (by ellipsis) Versailles (the Palace of Versailles)
    Synonym: château de Versailles

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Persian: ورسای (versây)

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian (1974) Place Names of the World, 2nd edition, McFarland & Co., published 2006

German

Etymology

From French Versailles

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrˈsaɪ̯/, , , , (archaic) /vɛrˈzaɪ̯/
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Proper noun

Versailles n (proper noun, genitive Versailles' or (with an article) Versailles)

  1. Versailles (a municipality of France)
  2. Short for Schloss Versailles (“Palace of Versailles”).
  3. (metonymically) Short for Diktat von Versailles; Versailler Diktat, Versailler Vertrag (“Treaty of Versailles”)

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