Vichy

American  

[vish-ee, vee-shee] / ˈvɪʃ i, viˈʃi /

noun

1. a city in central France: provisional capital of unoccupied France 1940–1942; hot springs.

2. (often lowercase) vichy water.

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Vichy British  

/ viʃi, ˈviːʃiː /

noun

1. Latin name: Vicus Calidus.  a town and spa in central France, on the River Allier: seat of the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain (1940–44); mineral waters bottled for export. Pop: 26 528 (1999)

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Vichy

After making a splash at the 1925 fair, the piece was later transferred to the Élysée Palace, home to the French president, before slipping into the French national collections during the Vichy Regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

If brands like Evian, Vichy and Perrier have been so successful in France and around the world, it is thanks to an appealing image of mountain-sides, rushing streams, purity and health-giving minerals.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

In “The Great Yes,” Kentridge turns to a creaky old cargo ship smelling of rotted oranges that sailed from Marseille to Martinique in 1941 overcrowded with some 300 passengers escaping Vichy France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025

They hadn’t got any Evian or Vichy, which seems queer to me.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie