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Where does “Troyes” come from?

Troyes comes from French Troyes, derived from Latin Tricassium, the name of a Gallic city and people called Tricassae in Latin.

Ancestry of “Troyes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTroyes—
2LatinTricassae—
3LatinTricassium—
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