Orsay
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Orsay
- A commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.
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Inherited from Middle French Ourcet, from 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”).
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Orsay ?
- a commune in the Essonne department of Île-de-France
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