Editing Vichy (section)

==Name==
Vichy is the French form of the [[Occitan language|Occitan]] name of the town, ''{{lang|oc|Vichèi}}'', of uncertain [[etymology]]. [[Albert Dauzat|Dauzat]] & al. have proposed that it derived from an unattested [[Latin]] name (''{{lang|la|Vippiacus}}'') referencing the most important regional landowner (presumably a "Vippius") during the time of the Roman emperor [[Diocletian]]'s administrative reorganizations and land surveys at the end of the 3rd century AD.<ref>{{citation |last1=Dauzat |first1=Albert |display-authors=1 |last2=Rostaing |first2=Charles |author-link1=Albert Dauzat |author-link2=Charles Rostaing |title=Dictionnaire Étymologique des Noms de Lieux en France |trans-title=Etymological Dictionary of Names of Locations in France |date=1963 |publisher=Guénégaud |location=Paris |language=fr }}.</ref>

The name Vichy may be pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪ|ʃ|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|iː|ʃ|i}} in either [[American English|American]] or [[British English]];<ref>{{citation |contribution=Vichy, ''n''. |title=Oxford English Dictionary |contribution-url=https://oed.com/view/Entry/223168 |url=https://oed.com |date=1917 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press }}.</ref><ref>{{citation |contribution=Vichy |title=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |contribution-url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Vichy |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com |publisher=Merriam-Webster |location=[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] |date=2019 }}.</ref> its usual French pronunciation is {{IPA|fr|viʃi|}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vichy {{!}} Definition|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vichy|access-date=20 November 2020|website=Dictionary.com}}</ref> The pronunciation of the Occitan name ''{{lang|oc|Vichèi}}'' is {{IPA|oc|viˈʃe|}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

In French, the present-day [[demonym]] for a female resident or native of Vichy is ''{{lang|fr|Vichyssoise}}, f sg'' (''Vichyssoises, f pl'') and ''{{lang|fr|Vichyssois}}, m sg'' for a male, and ''Vichyssois m pl'' for a mixed group of both sexes. Until the 18th century, it was also common to use ''{{lang|fr|Vichois}}''(''e''), which derived from the Occitan name of the town. The cold soup [[vichyssoise]] is also named after the town.