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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A naturally effervescent mineral water from the springs at Vichy.
  • noun A sparkling mineral water resembling this effervescent beverage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent aqueous solution of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A naturally effervescent mineral water from springs at Vichy in France.
  • noun Any sparkling mineral water resembling it.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it

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Vichy in France.

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