Parisii
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The tribal name Parisii was an ancient Celtic tribe http://www.behindthename.com/name/paris-2> and held by two (possibly-related) Iron Age tribes:
  • Parisii (Gaul)
    Parisii (Gaul)
    The Parisii were a Celtic Iron Age people that lived on the banks of the river Seine in Gaul from the middle of the third century BC until the Roman era...

  • Parisii (Yorkshire)
    Parisii (Yorkshire)
    The Parisii were a Celtic tribe who in pre-Roman times controlled almost all of the area which is now known as the East Riding of Yorkshire. Under Roman administration, the capital of their civitas was Petuaria, which today is known as Brough....

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