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Montpellier

/mɔ̃.pɛ.lje/

proper noun/mɔ̃.pɛ.lje/

Montpellier (a large city, the prefecture of Hérault department, Occitania, France); Montpellier (a town and municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada)

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.