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Paris is pronounced Script error: No such module "IPA". in English, and File:Loudspeaker.svgScript error: No such module "IPA". in French.
The original Latin name of Paris was Lutetia (Script error: No such module "IPA".), or Lutetia Parisiorum, known in French as Lutèce (Script error: No such module "IPA".). Lutetia was later dropped in favor of only Paris, based on the name of the Gallic Parisi tribe, whose name perhaps comes from the Celtic Gallic word parios, meaning "caldron", but this is not certain.
Traditionally Paris was known as Paname (Script error: No such module "IPA".) in French slang, but this vulgar appellation is gradually losing currency. (Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler.)
The inhabitants of Paris are known as Parisians in English, as Parisiens (File:Loudspeaker.svgScript error: No such module "IPA".) in French. The pejorative term Parigot (File:Loudspeaker.svgScript error: No such module "IPA".) is sometimes used in French slang.
Locally, inhabitants of the Paris suburbs are known as banlieusards (File:Loudspeaker.svgScript error: No such module "IPA".). Inhabitants of the whole Paris metropolitan area are known as Franciliens (File:Loudspeaker.svgScript error: No such module "IPA".), i.e. from Île-de-France.