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A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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Usage: figuratively, historical, metonymically
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noun
Ellipsis of Vichy water.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
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noun
Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory.
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Usage: attributive, derogatory
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noun
a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II
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Broader terms: town
History
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."
From Vichy France.
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