in Ancient Geography, a town of the Parifii, in Gallia Celtica, situated in an island in the Sequana or Seine. It received its name, as some suppose, from the quantity of clay, luteum, which is in its neighbourhood. J. Caesar fortified and embellished it, from which circumstance some authors call it Juli Civitas. Julian the apotate resided there for some time. It is now PARIS, the capital of France; so called from its name Parys in the lower age.