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Vaucluse

/vo.klyz/

proper noun/vo.klyz/

Vaucluse (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France); Vaucluse (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia); former name of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

Inherited from Latin Vallis Clausa (“closed valley”), from vallis + clausa; compare Occitan Vauclusa.