Talk:Valparaiso

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Etymology

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French wiki on the Chilean city has two ideas, and w:Valparaíso_de_Arriba has some more. I think it's save to explain this as valley of paradise. Although, val is rather short -- could it have a deeper meaning (value, valid; well (spring); *kʷel- or other *we- roots)?