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Vichy
[ vish-ee; French vee-shee ]
noun
- a city in central France: provisional capital of unoccupied France 1940–1942; hot springs.
- (often lowercase) vichy water.
Vichy
/ viʃi; ˈviËʃiË /
noun
- a town and spa in central France, on the River Allier: seat of the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain (1940–44); mineral waters bottled for export. Pop: 26 528 (1999) Latin nameVicus CalidusˈviËkÉ™s ˈkælɪdÉ™s
Example Sentences
That led the Nazis to burn Feuchtwanger’s books and his imprisonment in France under the Vichy regime.
In “The Great Yes,†Kentridge turns to a creaky old cargo ship smelling of rotted oranges that sailed from Marseille to Martinique in 1941 overcrowded with some 300 passengers escaping Vichy France.
Like the other Vichy Republicans, Nikki Haley is auditioning for a position as Trump’s vice president or other high-ranking member of his regime.
The south was managed by France’s Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazis.
The anti-gay law was originally introduced by the Vichy government during World War Two, when France was occupied by Nazi Germany.
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