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Lutetia

British  
/ luːˈtiːʃə pəˌrɪzɪˈɔːrəm /

noun

  1. an ancient name for Paris 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Instead, three other hotels will get the spotlight: the Martinez, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection of luxury properties; the Airelles Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez; and the Lutetia, a Mandarin Oriental property in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Like any modern city, Paris’ early inhabitants raised their own food; the Romans, who called the place Lutetia, coaxed grapes and figs from the Gallic soil.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2024

Horses had been taking people around Paris since the Romans called it Lutetia.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2023

Marguerite Duras’s “The War,” to relive the time when the Lutetia Hotel welcomed Holocaust survivors returning from the camps.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2022

Hasn’t been lived in since—well, since Lutetia Murray died.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes

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