Orsay
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English
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Proper noun
[edit]Orsay
- A commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French Ourcet, from Early Medieval Latin Urticetum, from Orceiacus, from Orcei, from (villa) Orceacus, from Orceacum. Of indeterminate Gallo-Roman origin, possibly after someone named Orcius, or otherwise related to ursus (“bear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Orsay ?
- a commune in the Essonne department of Île-de-France
Derived terms
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- en:Communes of France
- en:Places in Île-de-France
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- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- French lemmas
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