Puy
[luh pwee] /lə ˈpwi/
noun
1.
a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
n.
“conical volcanic hill,” especially those in Auvergne, 1858, from French puy, from Latin podium “a height, balcony,” literally “support” (see podium).
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