Montpellier

Montpelier English Alternative forms en Montpelier Etymology en :bor fr:Montpellier + 1 Pronunciation en /mɒnˈpɛlieɪ/ /mɒnˌpɛliˈeɪ/ Proper noun en Q6441en large city/fpref dept/Hérault r/Occitania c/France. en 2 October 2026 Dan Sales Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo BBC News The protests began last week in the capital Paris and have spread across the country, with cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille affected. 2 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261008003129/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo en Q3322882en town/and/municipality rcm/Papineau r/Outaouais p/Quebec c/Canada. Derived terms Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum species) Translations a city in France Armenian: hy Մոնպելիե Catalan: ca Montpeller, ca Montpelièr, ca Montpellièr Old Catalan: roa-oca Monpesler Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蒙彼利埃 Méngbǐlì'āi, cmn 蒙佩利爾 Méngpèilì'ěr Taiwan Esperanto: eo Montpeliero Farefare: gur Mõpelie French: fr Montpellier m Old French: fro Monpellier Greek: el Μονπελλιέ Irish: ga Sliabh Piosaláin m Japanese: ja モンペリエ Monperie, ja モンプリエ Monpurie Latin: la Mons Pessulus m Macedonian: mk Монпелије́ Marathi: mr माँपेल्ये n Occitan: oc Montpelhièr Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Monpesler, roa-opt Monpisler Polish: pl Montpellier n Portuguese: pt Montpellier f Russian: ru Монпелье́ m Spanish: es Montpellier Old Spanish: osp Monpeller, osp Monpesler French Etymology From fr la-med mōns mountain la Pessulanus, la Pestellarius, la pislerius, la pistillarius, variant of la pastellus woad, dye. The municipality of Québec is named after postmaster Louis Beaulieu, dit Montpellier. Pronunciation Monpèlier sometimes proscribed Monpĕlier fr Fr-Paris--Montpellier.ogg Paris fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Montpellier.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Montpellier.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-Montpellier.wav <<France>> (<<Hérault>>) fr Mont pel lier fr e 3 Proper noun m fr Montpellier Q6441,Q3322882 Derived terms fr chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux coris de Montpellier montpelliérain References Parker (1832): The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 13 fr eponyms Portuguese Etymology pt :bor fr:Montpellier + 1 Pronunciation monti^peliêr Proper noun f pt Montpellier Q6441