Versailles

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A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

proper noun

1
A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.
2
The Palace of Versailles.
3
historicalThe Treaty of Versailles (1919).

Etymology

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

proper noun

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

Etymology

From etymology 1.

proper noun

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

Etymology

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

Vernon · A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.veronica · The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the…Veronica · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Versailles · A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

verse · A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.version · A specific form or variation of something.versus · Against; in opposition to.

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