"Ys" meaning in French

See Ys in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /is/ Forms: Is [alternative]
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Ys f
  1. (mythology) Ys (sunken city) Wikipedia link: fr:Ys Tags: feminine Categories (topical): History of France, Mythological locations Categories (place): Brittany Synonyms: Ker Ys Related terms: Dahut, Gradlon, Guénolé
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          "english": "The bay at Rio eats right into the heart of the city: you land in the centre, as if the other half, like the fabled town of Ys, had already been engulfed by waves.",
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          "text": "1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques (1993 edition), Plon, chapter IX, page 89; translated 1973 by John and Doreen Weightman as Tristes Tropiques (2011 edition), Penguin Books",
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