Puy
Volcanic Puy
A puy is, with the direction first, a volcanic mountain of the Massif Central. Puys famous:
- Puy de Dôme (Puy-de-Dôme)
- Puy de Sancy (Puy-de-Dôme)
- Puy Mary (Cantal)
Others puys
By extension, this term indicates good number of old tops of the solid mass, which they are volcanic or not.
Others puys nonvolcanic:
- Puy de Sarran (Corrèze)
- Holy Puy Georges (Tarn)
Origin of the word
Equivalences
The puys bear various names according to the historical dialects of the areas. Thus, they are poët in the Dauphiné (Poët-Laval, Poët-Sigillat…), pog , pueg , puech , peuch or pech in Occitanie (Pech-Montat, Puech de Montgrand, Pueg Gerjant), puig in Catalonia (Puig de Campcardos, Puigmal)… In Occitanie the word is in the beginning many Patronymes, such as for example Delpech, name running meaning " literally; puy".
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