Thursday, June 6, 2013

Fun Fact 1

The name Paris derives from that of its earliest inhabitants, the Gaulish tribe known as the Parisii. It is believed that the name of the Parisii tribe comes from the Celtic Gallic word parisio meaning "the working people" or "the craftsmen".

Source: Georges Dottin, La Langue Gauloise: Grammaire, Textes et Glossaire. Paris: C. Klincksieck.


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