"Montpellier" meaning in French

See Montpellier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɔ̃.pɛ.lje/, /mɔ̃.pe.lje/, /mɔ̃.pə.lje/ Audio: Fr-Paris--Montpellier.ogg
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Medieval Latin mōns (“mountain”) Pessulanus, Pestellarius, pislerius, pistillarius, variant of pastellus (“woad, dye”). The municipality of Québec is named after postmaster Louis Beaulieu, dit Montpellier. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|ML.|mōns||mountain}} Medieval Latin mōns (“mountain”) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Montpellier m
  1. Montpellier (a city in Hérault department, Occitania, France) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Cities in France, Cities in Occitania, France, Places in France, Places in Occitania, France Derived forms: chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux, coris de Montpellier, montpelliérain
    Sense id: en-Montpellier-fr-name-VBGVVDpS
  2. A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada. Tags: masculine Categories (place): Municipalities of Canada, Places in Canada, Places in Quebec, Canada
    Sense id: en-Montpellier-fr-name-A1q-UNzH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70
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