Gauls of the Parisii tribe settled in the area that became Paris between 250 and 200 BC and founded a fishing village on an island in the river that is the present-day Ile de la Cité -- the center around which Paris developed. So Paris is an abbreviation of Parisii
The exact date is not known but Paris France was founded at the end of the 3rd century. It was originally called Parisii.
Paris was called Lutetia by the Romans. It took the name Paris between the year 400 to 500 after the local Gaulish tribe of the Parisii.
The tribe living there was the Parisii( in Latin). Thus the place became known as Lutetia Parisiorum - Lutetia of the Parisii. There is a general tendency for people to use only the latter half of a two-word place name, and that's what happened here.
Paris is more than 2,000 years old. Gauls of the Parisii tribe settled there between 250 and 200 BC and founded a fishing village on an island in the river that is the present-day Ile de la Cité -- the center around which Paris developed.http:/www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_history.shtml
there is some evidence of human occupation of the site of Paris around 4000 years BC. The location at the time of the Romans was settled by the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii who gave their name to the city. It was first establish as a capital in theeyear 506 or 508 AD.
The Gaulish tribe of the Parisii lived where is Paris now, until Roman times. The name of Paris does come from them.
From a Celtic tribe called Parisii
Gauls of the Parisii tribe
No. It is named after the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii which lived here two thousand years ago.
The name of Paris is derived from a Gaulish tribe who lived there called the Parisii.
A tribe of Gauls called the Parisii.
Paris is named after the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii who lived there at the time of the roman conquest.
Paris is a name that developed from an ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.
Paris is named afted the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii who lived there at the time of the roman conquest.
Paris is named after the Gaulish tribe of the Parisii living there in Roman times and just before.
The name Parisii is believed to derive from the Celtic root word "par," meaning "boat" or "navigable river." The Parisii were a tribe of ancient Celtic people who settled in the area of present-day Paris, France.
The exact date is not known but Paris France was founded at the end of the 3rd century. It was originally called Parisii.