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

Latin podium (eminence)

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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