Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Lutetia

LUTETIA (lū-tē'shi-ä), a name by which the city of Paris was often anciently referred to: the word means &ldquo;mud hovels.&rdquo; The Romans named the collection of huts they found here Lutetia Parisiorum, &ldquo;the mud-town of the Parisii&rdquo;; the first name being dropped left the present title, Paris. Also Asteroid 21, discovered by Goldschmidt at Paris, Nov. 15, 1852.