French Polynesia

Territory of French Polynesia
Territory of French Polynesia#English

An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of French Polynesia.


Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

レユニオン

island in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar


Réunion

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Réunion

Alternative form of Reunião: Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Martinique

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours. The name is sometimes suggested to be a modification of a native Ta-Arawakan (Taino or Kalinago) name Madinina (“island of flowers”) or Matinino (“island of women”).

Department of Martinique
Department of Martinique#English

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.

Christopher Columbus
Martin of Tours
Martinique

Matinik

Island and, overseas department and region of France


Martinique

Haitian Creole: Matinik

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Martinique

de-proper noun

Martinique n (proper noun, strong, genitive Martiniques)


Wallis and Futuna

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Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands#English

An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

وَالِس وَفُوتُونَا

an overseas territory of France in Oceania

ワリー・エ・フトゥーナ諸島

ワリー・エ・フトゥーナしょとう


French Guiana

Department of French Guiana
Department of French Guiana#English

An overseas department and administrative region of France in South America. Official name: Department of French Guiana.


Mayotte

From French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.


Mayotte

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Mayotte

cs-proper noun

Mayotte n (indeclinable, related adjective mayottský)

Unadapted borrowing from French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).


Guadeloupe

/ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp/

From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura). Doublet of Guadalupe.

gloss

An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.

Gwadloup

overseas department and region of France


Guadeloupe

Antillean Creole: Gwadloup

Haitian Creole: Gwadloup

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

coin

Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)

Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)


Guadeloupe

de-proper noun

Guadeloupe n (proper noun, genitive Guadeloupes or (optionally with an article) Guadeloupe)

Guadeloupes (genitive)
Guadeloupe (genitive with-article)
Guadeloupe (nominative singular)
Guadeloupes (genitive singular)
Guadeloupe (dative singular)
Guadeloupe (accusative singular)

Im Jahre 1865–1866 herrschte auf einem Theile der Insel Guadeloupe eine sehr mörderische Cholera-Epidemie, über deren Ursprung die Ansichten sehr getheilt sind; […]

1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, page 219:


New Caledonia

Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies#English

An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies.


Leon

(historical) A former polity in Brittany, in northwestern France, reckoned as either a county or viscounty.

(historical) A former region in Brittany, in northwestern France around the former polity.


Amsterdam

First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Amsterdam Island, an island and overseas territory of France located in the southern Indian Ocean


Flanders

en-prop

Flanders (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderses)

From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plúma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.

cog

Ellipsis of French Flanders, a former province of France, now constituting the French department Nord.


Alençon

/ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/

A town and commune, the capital of the Orne department, Normandy, France.


Alençon

Alençon (a town and commune, the prefecture of the Orne department, Normandy, France)


London

en-proper noun

London (countable and uncountable, plural Londons)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: London

From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.

Londens

of, from or pertaining to London in the UK

A small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.


London

From English London, from Middle English London (“London”), from Old English Lunden (“London”), a borrowing from Latin Londinium (“London”), likely from Proto-Celtic *Londinjon (“place that ﬂoods”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to sink; subdue”) - see the Latin entry for details.

der

London (a small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France).


Paris

desctree

→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
→ Afar: Baaríis
→ Somali: Baaríis

→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)

→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

der

-æɹɪs (Received Pronunciation, New York City, without the Mary–marry–merry merger)

-ɛɹɪs (General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger)

And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.

1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:


Paris

Paris (nominative singular)
Parislər (nominative plural)
Parisi (accusative definite singular)
Parisləri (accusative definite plural)
Parisə (dative singular)
Parislərə (dative plural)
Parisdə (locative singular)
Parislərdə (locative plural)
Parisdən (ablative singular)
Parislərdən (ablative plural)
Parisin (definite genitive singular)
Parislərin (definite genitive plural)
Parisim (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisin (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisi (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parisləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisiniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parisləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisi (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parisləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parisləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Parisimi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisini (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parislərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisinizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parislərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Parisimə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisinə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parislərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisinizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parislərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Parisimdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisində (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parislərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisinizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parislərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Parisimdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisindən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parislərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisinizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parislərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Parisimin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
Parislərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
Parisinin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Parislərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Parisinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Parislərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Parisimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
Parislərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
Parisinizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Parislərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Parisinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Parislərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Paris

From Old French Paris, from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum.


Paris

desctree

→ English: Paris, Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling), Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares
→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
→ Afar: Baaríis
→ Somali: Baaríis
→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Inherited from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lūtētia Parīsiōrum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille

Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été

Paris est vraiment belle la nuit

Paris (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Paris

de-proper noun

Paris n (proper noun, genitive Paris' or (rare) Parisens or (with an article) Paris)

Paris' (genitive)
Parisens (genitive rare)
Paris (genitive)

From Middle High German Pārīs, from Old French Paris. The modern form follows non-diphthongising dialects, obviously reinforced by Modern French. The form Pareis still survives dialectally; compare also Luxembourgish Paräis, Dutch Parijs.


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)


Paris

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Paris.

inh+

Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...

2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:


Paris

Paris (nominative)
Parisnıñ (genitive)
Parisga (dative)
Parisnı (accusative)
Parisda (locative)
Parisdan (ablative)


Paris

Paris (nominative singular)
Parisler (nominative plural)
Paris'ler (nominative plural)
Paris'i (accusative singular)
Parisleri (accusative plural)
Paris'leri (accusative plural)
Paris'e (dative singular)
Parislere (dative plural)
Paris'lere (dative plural)
Paris'te (locative singular)
Parislerde (locative plural)
Paris'lerde (locative plural)
Paris'ten (ablative singular)
Parislerden (ablative plural)
Paris'lerden (ablative plural)
Paris'in (genitive singular)
Parislerin (genitive plural)
Paris'lerin (genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish پارس (paris), from French Paris.


Schelde

The river Scheldt (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Schelde

de-proper noun

die Schelde f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Schelde)

die Schelde (canonical feminine)
der Schelde (definite genitive)

Scheldt (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea)


Orne

en-proper noun

Orne (countable and uncountable, plural Ornes)


Orne

From Latin olinas, an homonym of Fluvius Olne, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow”).

Orne (a river in Normandy, in northwestern France)


Brittany

Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.

First, will I see the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please my Lord.

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:

So Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon fled away to that part of France called Brittany, where they remained in saftey for many years.

1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 35:

An administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.


Albert

Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts)

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Marseilles

From Old French Marseilles (nominative of Marseille), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

bor

nominative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">Marseille</i>

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Alternative spelling of Marseille, the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


Savoy

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia.

(historical) A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.

Alternative form of Savoie, a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Saint-Pierre

/ˌsæ̃ piˈɛə(ɹ)/

A town and commune of the overseas department of Réunion, France.


Saint-Pierre

→ Mi'kmaq: Senpir

The island of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is named after Saint Peter, the patron saint of fishermen.
The town and commune are named after the island.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon#English

A commune and island in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France.


Orleans

/ˌɔɹ.leɪˈɑ̃/

/ˌɔɹ.liˈɑːn/

From French Orléans, ultimately from Latin Aurelianum, from the name of the Roman emperor Aurelian, who rebuilt the city. More at Aurelius.

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

A city, the capital of the Loiret department, France; regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.

Orléans

capital city of Centre-Val de Loire, France


Orleans

Orleans (a city in Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Orleans

de-proper noun

Orleans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Orleanses)

/ɔʁləˈʔaːns/


Normandy

From Middle English Normandie, Normandye, from Old English Normandiġ, from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie. Compare Old Norse Norðmanndi (“Normandy”). Normant refers to the Germanic words for 'north' and 'man', as the original Normans were of Scandinavian origin. More at Norman.

An administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel. The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy.


Normandy

Alternative form of Normandie: Normandy (a historical province and medieval kingdom in northwest France)


Louisiana

From French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.

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(historical) A vast territory in central North America:

An administrative district of New France. (1682–1769; 1801–1803)


Rhodes

en-proper noun

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

A small commune in Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.


Campania

la-proper noun

Campānia f sg (genitive Campāniae); first declension

Campānia (canonical feminine singular)
Campāniae (genitive)
Campānia (nominative singular)
Campāniae (genitive singular)
Campāniae (dative singular)
Campāniam (accusative singular)
Campāniā (ablative singular)
Campānia (singular vocative)
Campāniae (locative singular)

From campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

(New Latin) Champagne (a region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est)


Maine

Gallia Celtica
Maine (disambiguation)
Maine (province)
Maine (state)

From French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name, in turn named after the river with the same name that runs through it. From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.

A river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire.


Maine

Maine (disambiguation)
Maine (province)
Maine (river)
Maine (state)

A river in France, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.


Maine

Maine (A traditional region of France, now in Pays de la Loire.)


Maine

Maine (nominative singular)
Maine (accusative nominative singular)
Mainen (accusative genitive singular)
Mainen (genitive singular)
Mainea (partitive singular)
Mainessa (inessive singular)
Mainesta (elative singular)
Maineen (illative singular)
Mainella (adessive singular)
Mainelta (ablative singular)
Mainelle (allative singular)
Mainena (essive singular)
Maineksi (singular translative)
Mainetta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Maineni (nominative singular)
Maineni (accusative nominative singular)
Maineni (accusative genitive singular)
Maineni (genitive singular)
Maineani (partitive singular)
Mainessani (inessive singular)
Mainestani (elative singular)
Maineeni (illative singular)
Mainellani (adessive singular)
Maineltani (ablative singular)
Mainelleni (allative singular)
Mainenani (essive singular)
Mainekseni (singular translative)
Mainettani (abessive singular)
Mainesi (nominative singular)
Mainesi (accusative nominative singular)
Mainesi (accusative genitive singular)
Mainesi (genitive singular)
Maineasi (partitive singular)
Mainessasi (inessive singular)
Mainestasi (elative singular)
Maineesi (illative singular)
Mainellasi (adessive singular)
Maineltasi (ablative singular)
Mainellesi (allative singular)
Mainenasi (essive singular)
Maineksesi (singular translative)
Mainettasi (abessive singular)
Mainemme (nominative singular)
Mainemme (accusative nominative singular)
Mainemme (accusative genitive singular)
Mainemme (genitive singular)
Maineamme (partitive singular)
Mainessamme (inessive singular)
Mainestamme (elative singular)
Maineemme (illative singular)
Mainellamme (adessive singular)
Maineltamme (ablative singular)
Mainellemme (allative singular)
Mainenamme (essive singular)
Maineksemme (singular translative)
Mainettamme (abessive singular)
Mainenne (nominative singular)
Mainenne (accusative nominative singular)
Mainenne (accusative genitive singular)
Mainenne (genitive singular)
Maineanne (partitive singular)
Mainessanne (inessive singular)
Mainestanne (elative singular)
Maineenne (illative singular)
Mainellanne (adessive singular)
Maineltanne (ablative singular)
Mainellenne (allative singular)
Mainenanne (essive singular)
Maineksenne (singular translative)
Mainettanne (abessive singular)
Mainensa (nominative singular)
Mainensa (accusative nominative singular)
Mainensa (accusative genitive singular)
Mainensa (genitive singular)
Maineaan (partitive singular)
Maineansa (partitive singular)
Mainessaan (inessive singular)
Mainessansa (inessive singular)
Mainestaan (elative singular)
Mainestansa (elative singular)
Maineensa (illative singular)
Mainellaan (adessive singular)
Mainellansa (adessive singular)
Maineltaan (ablative singular)
Maineltansa (ablative singular)
Mainelleen (allative singular)
Mainellensa (allative singular)
Mainenaan (essive singular)
Mainenansa (essive singular)
Mainekseen (singular translative)
Maineksensa (singular translative)
Mainettaan (abessive singular)
Mainettansa (abessive singular)


Maine

From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.


Maine

From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.


Maine

Borrowed from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.

A province in northwest France. Capital: Le Mans


Bruges

From French Bruges, from Old French, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge and Brigg.

A city and town in the Gironde department, Aquitaine, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

A settlement in Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget commune, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Bruges

Inherited from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Bruges (a commune and town in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Herm

Perhaps from Old Norse armr (“arm”), because of its shape.

A commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.


布列塔尼

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Bretagne

From Middle Dutch [Term?], from Middle French [Term?] or Old French [Term?].


Bretagne

Bretagne (nominative singular)
Bretagnet (nominative plural)
Bretagne (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagnet (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagnen (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagnet (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagnen (genitive singular)
Bretagnejen (genitive plural)
Bretagnein (genitive plural rare)
Bretagnea (partitive singular)
Bretagneja (partitive plural)
Bretagnessa (inessive singular)
Bretagneissa (inessive plural)
Bretagnesta (elative singular)
Bretagneista (elative plural)
Bretagneen (illative singular)
Bretagneihin (illative plural)
Bretagnella (adessive singular)
Bretagneilla (adessive plural)
Bretagnelta (ablative singular)
Bretagneilta (ablative plural)
Bretagnelle (allative singular)
Bretagneille (allative plural)
Bretagnena (essive singular)
Bretagneina (essive plural)
Bretagneksi (singular translative)
Bretagneiksi (plural translative)
Bretagnetta (abessive singular)
Bretagneitta (abessive plural)
Bretagnein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Bretagneni (nominative singular)
Bretagneni (nominative plural)
Bretagneni (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagneni (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagneni (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagneni (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagneni (genitive singular)
Bretagnejeni (genitive plural)
Bretagneini (genitive plural rare)
Bretagneani (partitive singular)
Bretagnejani (partitive plural)
Bretagnessani (inessive singular)
Bretagneissani (inessive plural)
Bretagnestani (elative singular)
Bretagneistani (elative plural)
Bretagneeni (illative singular)
Bretagneihini (illative plural)
Bretagnellani (adessive singular)
Bretagneillani (adessive plural)
Bretagneltani (ablative singular)
Bretagneiltani (ablative plural)
Bretagnelleni (allative singular)
Bretagneilleni (allative plural)
Bretagnenani (essive singular)
Bretagneinani (essive plural)
Bretagnekseni (singular translative)
Bretagneikseni (plural translative)
Bretagnettani (abessive singular)
Bretagneittani (abessive plural)
Bretagneineni (comitative plural)
Bretagnesi (nominative singular)
Bretagnesi (nominative plural)
Bretagnesi (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagnesi (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagnesi (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagnesi (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagnesi (genitive singular)
Bretagnejesi (genitive plural)
Bretagneisi (genitive plural rare)
Bretagneasi (partitive singular)
Bretagnejasi (partitive plural)
Bretagnessasi (inessive singular)
Bretagneissasi (inessive plural)
Bretagnestasi (elative singular)
Bretagneistasi (elative plural)
Bretagneesi (illative singular)
Bretagneihisi (illative plural)
Bretagnellasi (adessive singular)
Bretagneillasi (adessive plural)
Bretagneltasi (ablative singular)
Bretagneiltasi (ablative plural)
Bretagnellesi (allative singular)
Bretagneillesi (allative plural)
Bretagnenasi (essive singular)
Bretagneinasi (essive plural)
Bretagneksesi (singular translative)
Bretagneiksesi (plural translative)
Bretagnettasi (abessive singular)
Bretagneittasi (abessive plural)
Bretagneinesi (comitative plural)
Bretagnemme (nominative singular)
Bretagnemme (nominative plural)
Bretagnemme (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagnemme (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagnemme (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagnemme (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagnemme (genitive singular)
Bretagnejemme (genitive plural)
Bretagneimme (genitive plural rare)
Bretagneamme (partitive singular)
Bretagnejamme (partitive plural)
Bretagnessamme (inessive singular)
Bretagneissamme (inessive plural)
Bretagnestamme (elative singular)
Bretagneistamme (elative plural)
Bretagneemme (illative singular)
Bretagneihimme (illative plural)
Bretagnellamme (adessive singular)
Bretagneillamme (adessive plural)
Bretagneltamme (ablative singular)
Bretagneiltamme (ablative plural)
Bretagnellemme (allative singular)
Bretagneillemme (allative plural)
Bretagnenamme (essive singular)
Bretagneinamme (essive plural)
Bretagneksemme (singular translative)
Bretagneiksemme (plural translative)
Bretagnettamme (abessive singular)
Bretagneittamme (abessive plural)
Bretagneinemme (comitative plural)
Bretagnenne (nominative singular)
Bretagnenne (nominative plural)
Bretagnenne (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagnenne (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagnenne (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagnenne (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagnenne (genitive singular)
Bretagnejenne (genitive plural)
Bretagneinne (genitive plural rare)
Bretagneanne (partitive singular)
Bretagnejanne (partitive plural)
Bretagnessanne (inessive singular)
Bretagneissanne (inessive plural)
Bretagnestanne (elative singular)
Bretagneistanne (elative plural)
Bretagneenne (illative singular)
Bretagneihinne (illative plural)
Bretagnellanne (adessive singular)
Bretagneillanne (adessive plural)
Bretagneltanne (ablative singular)
Bretagneiltanne (ablative plural)
Bretagnellenne (allative singular)
Bretagneillenne (allative plural)
Bretagnenanne (essive singular)
Bretagneinanne (essive plural)
Bretagneksenne (singular translative)
Bretagneiksenne (plural translative)
Bretagnettanne (abessive singular)
Bretagneittanne (abessive plural)
Bretagneinenne (comitative plural)
Bretagnensa (nominative singular)
Bretagnensa (nominative plural)
Bretagnensa (accusative nominative singular)
Bretagnensa (accusative nominative plural)
Bretagnensa (accusative genitive singular)
Bretagnensa (accusative genitive plural)
Bretagnensa (genitive singular)
Bretagnejensa (genitive plural)
Bretagneinsa (genitive plural rare)
Bretagneaan (partitive singular)
Bretagneansa (partitive singular)
Bretagnejaan (partitive plural)
Bretagnejansa (partitive plural)
Bretagnessaan (inessive singular)
Bretagnessansa (inessive singular)
Bretagneissaan (inessive plural)
Bretagneissansa (inessive plural)
Bretagnestaan (elative singular)
Bretagnestansa (elative singular)
Bretagneistaan (elative plural)
Bretagneistansa (elative plural)
Bretagneensa (illative singular)
Bretagneihinsa (illative plural)
Bretagnellaan (adessive singular)
Bretagnellansa (adessive singular)
Bretagneillaan (adessive plural)
Bretagneillansa (adessive plural)
Bretagneltaan (ablative singular)
Bretagneltansa (ablative singular)
Bretagneiltaan (ablative plural)
Bretagneiltansa (ablative plural)
Bretagnelleen (allative singular)
Bretagnellensa (allative singular)
Bretagneilleen (allative plural)
Bretagneillensa (allative plural)
Bretagnenaan (essive singular)
Bretagnenansa (essive singular)
Bretagneinaan (essive plural)
Bretagneinansa (essive plural)
Bretagnekseen (singular translative)
Bretagneksensa (singular translative)
Bretagneikseen (plural translative)
Bretagneiksensa (plural translative)
Bretagnettaan (abessive singular)
Bretagnettansa (abessive singular)
Bretagneittaan (abessive plural)
Bretagneittansa (abessive plural)
Bretagneineen (comitative plural)
Bretagneinensa (comitative plural)


Bretagne

→ Greek: Βρετάνη (Vretáni)

→ Russian: Брета́нь (Bretánʹ)


Bretagne

de-proper noun

Bretagne f (proper noun, genitive Bretagne)


Bretagne

Bretagne (nominative singular)
Bretagne-t (accusative singular)
Bretagne-nak (dative singular)
Bretagne-nyal (instrumental singular)
Bretagne-ért (causal-final singular)
Bretagne-nyá (singular translative)
Bretagne-ig (singular terminative)
Bretagne-ként (essive-formal singular)
Bretagne-ban (inessive singular)
Bretagne-on (singular superessive)
Bretagne-nál (adessive singular)
Bretagne-ba (illative singular)
Bretagne-ra (singular sublative)
Bretagne-hoz (allative singular)
Bretagne-ból (elative singular)
Bretagne-ról (delative singular)
Bretagne-tól (ablative singular)
Bretagne-é (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Bretagne-éi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Bretagne-om (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Bretagne-od (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Bretagne-a (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Bretagne-unk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Bretagne-otok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Bretagne-uk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)


Strasburg

Strasburg (nominative singular)
Strasburga (genitive singular)
Strasburgowi (dative singular)
Strasburg (accusative singular)
Strasburgiem (instrumental singular)
Strasburgu (locative singular)
Strasburgu (singular vocative)

Borrowed from French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc.

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Jura

From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Occasionally, a sigh of mountain air came from the distant Jura, fading along the plain.

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

1862, Author not identified, The Fir-Tree of the Jura, The Fir-Tree of the Jura and Other Stories, Oliphants Juvenile Series, page 7,
On one of the western slopes of the Jura, looking towards France, stood the feudal mansion of Grammont.

The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.

A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.


Jura

Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; capital: Lons-le-Saunier)


Jura

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From Vulgar Latin *iuris, a Latinized form of Gaulish *iuris (“wooded mountain”), commonly derived from Proto-Celtic *yor- (“forest”), but this remains speculative, as cognates of this Celtic root remain lacking. More at Jura.

Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

Jura (a mountain range in France and Switzerland)


Jura

der Jura m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Juras)

der Jura (canonical masculine)
des Juras (definite genitive)
Jura (definite nominative singular)
Juras (definite genitive singular)
Jura (dative definite singular)
Jura (accusative definite singular)

Jura Mountains (a mountain range on the border of France, Switzerland and Germany)


Jura

Jura (nominative singular)
Jury (genitive singular)
Jurze (dative singular)
Jurę (accusative singular)
Jurą (instrumental singular)
Jurze (locative singular)
Juro (singular vocative)


Abbeville

From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.

A town and commune of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Abbeville

→ English: Abbeville

→ Portuguese: Abbeville


Abbeville

[ɐ.βɨˈβi.lɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from French Abbeville.


Avignon

Borrowed from French Avignon, Occitan Avinhon.

A city, the capital of the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Avignon

From Occitan Avinhon, from Latin Aveniōnem.


(colloquial, informal) Abbreviation of Seine-Saint-Denis (a department in Île-de-France, France).


Marsilia

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


メス

Metz (a city in Lorraine, northeastern France)


Maritime Alps

Coordinate term: Cottian Alps

The city of Coni, from the nature of its ſituation, at the extremity of one of those three grand valleys, which I have heretofore claſſed as primitive, may be said to form a central point of union at the foot of the Cottian and Maritime Alps, to a number of ſecondary valleys which deſcend from theſe tremendous heights.

1795, Jean-François Albanis Beaumont, Travels Through the Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons Across the Col de Tende, by the Way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, Etc., London: T. Bensley, page 27:

A part of the Alps between France and Italy.


Barry

Barry, Angus
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Baruc

In Wales, said to be named after Saint Baruc, who was buried on Barry Island, from Welsh Barrwg, a name of uncertain origin but possibly related to Irish barr (“hill, summit”).

A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France.


Orion

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.

der

A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.


Neville

en-proper noun

Neville (countable and uncountable, plural Nevilles)

* A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (“Néel's estate”) or Neuville (“new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh (see Nee) or Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin).

A settlement and former commune in Manche department, Normandy, France. Ellipsis of Néville-sur-Mer, the correct French spelling.

A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France. The correct spelling is Néville.


Avon

From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon.

A commune of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Clara

Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.

A town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.


Rijn

From Middle Dutch rijn, from Old Dutch *Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from a Celtic language.

Wie op den Rijn per stoomboot reist, moet veel lodderige lonken kunnen afzien, […]

1874, Tony, Twee reisnovellen van den Rijn, W.C. de Graaff, 52

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

The Rhine, a major European river flowing through Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Germany and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river (including its distributaries) flows through the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Utrecht, North Holland and South Holland.


Rhein

de-proper noun

der Rhein m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Rheins or des Rheines)

der Rhein (canonical masculine)
des Rheins (definite genitive)
des Rheines (definite genitive)

→ Russian: Рейн (Rejn)

desc

→ Chinese: → 萊茵／莱茵 (Láiyīn) (transliteration)

From Middle High German Rīn, from Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn (“the river Rhine”). The spelling with Rh- after Latin Rhenus, itself possibly a Hellenizing form.

inh

Meronyms: Alpenrhein, Hochrhein, Oberrhein, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Deltarhein

Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea)


Rhin

From Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn.

Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands)


Vincent

en-proper noun

Vincent (countable and uncountable, plural Vincents)

→ Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)

→ Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)

desc

→ Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)

From French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.


Rennes

From French Rennes, from Old French Resnes, Rednes, from Latin Rēdonēs.

The capital city of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France; capital city of the region of Brittany.


Rennes

Rennes (the capital city of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France; capital city of the region of Brittany)


Vernon

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

A town in the Eure department, Normandy, France.

A village in the Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Champagne

Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.

A region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est.


Champagne

Champagne (a region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est)


Champagne

→ English: Champagne, champagne

→ Dutch: Champagne, champagne

Inherited from Old French, from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus, from Latin campus. Doublet of campagne; cf. also champagne.


Champagne

de-proper noun

Champagne f (proper noun, genitive Champagne)


Basque Country

A region that straddles the border of Spain and France.


Raymond

en-proper noun

Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Can

Caen (a city in the Calvados department, France)


Cox

Cox (countable and uncountable, plural Coxes)

The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France; the name comes from Occitan.


Centre

A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.


Centre

Centre (a former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire)


Cher

A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.


Cher

Named after the Cher River, from the pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym *kʰar- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “rough, jagged”)).

cog

Cher (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)

Cher (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Corse

Inherited from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Fay

A commune in Orne department, Normandy, France.

A commune in Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.

A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Gap

A town, the capital of the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Gap

Gap (a town, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Gard

Gard (a department of Occitanie, France)

Gardon, Gard (a right tributary of the Rhône, in southern France)


Fan

→ French: Fa

Holonym: Fan e Rovenac

Fa (a village and former commune in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Insula

la-proper noun

Īnsula f sg (genitive Īnsulae); first declension

Īnsula (canonical feminine singular)
Īnsulae (genitive)
Īnsula (nominative singular)
Īnsulae (genitive singular)
Īnsulae (dative singular)
Īnsulam (accusative singular)
Īnsulā (ablative singular)
Īnsula (singular vocative)
Īnsulae (locative singular)

Lille, a city in France, the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais


Burgundy

From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *bergundijô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.
Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.

der

A region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.

Burgund

medieval duchy in France and the Netherlands


Lion

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Lys

A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.

A commune in Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

A commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Long

en-proper noun

Long (countable and uncountable, plural Longs)


Magenta

Magenta (disambiguation)
Magenta, Lombardy

A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France, named after the Battle of Magenta.


Argentine

From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).

A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Persan

A commune in Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.


Plaisir

A commune of the Yvelines department, France


Pique

A left tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France.


Nord

A department of Hauts-de-France, France.


Nord

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Of Germanic origin, from Old High German nord, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr (“north, left of the rising sun”).

der

Nord (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)


Organ

Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Organ (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Lot

One of the departments of Occitanie, France, formerly in Midi-Pyrénées. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46)


Lot

Inherited from Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).

Lot (a right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)


Nancy

A city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.


Nancy

From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.

Nancy (a city, the prefecture of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France)


Reunion

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Reunion

Reunion (nominative singular)
Reunionu (genitive singular)
Reunionowi (dative singular)
Reunion (accusative singular)
Reunionem (instrumental singular)
Reunionie (locative singular)
Reunionie (singular vocative)


Reunion

Alternative form of Reunião: Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Sens

A commune in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, previously in Burgundy.


Sens

From Latin name Senones during Roman rule; originally the capital of the Gaulish people of the same name.


Orange

Some senses from French Orange, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

A city in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Orange

From Old French Orenge, from Vulgar Latin *Aurinica, from Latin Aurasiōnem, from Gaulish *arausi (“temple (head), cheek”) (compare Old Irish arae (“temple (of the head)”)). Compare also the Occitan name of the town, Aurenja.

Orange (a town in the Vaucluse department, in southern France)


Orange

From French Orange, from Old French Orenge, from Medieval Latin Aurasica, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish.


Ren

Ren (nominative singular)
Renu (genitive singular)
Renowi (dative singular)
Ren (accusative singular)
Renem (instrumental singular)
Renie (locative singular)
Renie (singular vocative)

Borrowed from German Rhein, from Middle High German, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from a Pre-Celtic or Proto-Celtic *Reinos; one of a class of river names built from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow, run”).

Rhine (a river in Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, and the Netherlands)


Nice

From French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century BC victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

A coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.


Nice

From the Roman name, Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


Nice

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niceia.


Tarn

A department of Occitanie, France; previously in Midi-Pyrénées (INSEE code 81).


Tarn

Tarn (a department of Occitanie, France)

Tarn (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Tulle

Unadapted borrowing from French Tulle, itself borrowed from Occitan Tula, named after Latin Tutela.

A town, the capital of the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Valence

Borrowed from French Valence. Doublet of Valencia.

A city and commune, the capital of the Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in southeastern France.

A village and commune in Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France.

A town and commune in Tarn-et-Garonne department, Occitanie, in southern France.


Valence

Valence (a city and commune, the capital of the Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in southeastern France)

Valence (a village and commune in Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France)

Valence (a town and commune in Tarn-et-Garonne department, Occitanie, in southern France)


Vienne

A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

A city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Vienne

→ Persian: وین (viyan)

Of disputed origin. Perhaps from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona, or possibly from a Celtic word *Veduna (“forest stream”), which would justify the phonetic evolution into the modern french form. Compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).

Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire, in southwest France)

Vienne (a city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Seine

A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.


Seine

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Inherited from Latin Sequana, from a Celtic deity who descended from the Proto-Indo-European pantheon.

Seine (a major river in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est, Île-de-France and Normandy regions, France)


Seine

de-proper noun

die Seine f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Seine)

die Seine (canonical feminine)
der Seine (definite genitive)


Valentine

en-proper noun

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō (“I am strong, healthy”).

A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Aas

* The place in France is from Occitan Aas, from Basque/Aquitanian aitz (“ridge, rocky point”).
* As a Norwegian and Swedish surname, from the noun ås (“ridge”).

A village in southwest France, in the Ossau valley of the Pyrenees.


Britannia

la-proper noun

Britannia f (genitive Britanniae); first declension

Britanniae (genitive)
Britannia (nominative singular)
Britanniae (nominative plural)
Britanniae (genitive singular)
Britanniārum (genitive plural)
Britanniae (dative singular)
Britanniīs (dative plural)
Britanniam (accusative singular)
Britanniās (accusative plural)
Britanniā (ablative singular)
Britanniīs (ablative plural)
Britannia (singular vocative)
Britanniae (plural vocative)
Britanniae (locative singular)
Britanniīs (locative plural)

desctree

بَرْطَانِيَة

→ Arabic: بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya), بِرِيطانِيَا (birīṭāniyā)
→ Classical Persian: برطانیه (biritâniya)
→ Pashto: برطانيه (bartānya)
→ Urdu: بَرْطانِیَہ (bartāniya)

desc

Catalan: → Bretanya, → Britània (learned)

→ Dutch: Brittannië (learned)

→ English: Britannia (learned)

→ Finnish: Britannia (learned)

→ French: Britannia (learned)

→ German: Britannien (learned)

→ Hungarian: Britannia (learned)

Italian: Bretagna, → Britannia (learned)

→ Old English: Breten

Old French: Bretaigne, Britaine

→ Middle English: Breteyn, Britayne

English: Britain, Brittany

→ Japanese: ブリテン (Buriten)

→ Korean: 브리튼 (Beuriteun)

→ Mandarin: 不列顛／不列颠 (Bùlièdiān)

French: Bretagne

→ Japanese: ブルターニュ (Burutānyu)

Old Galician-Portuguese: Bretanha

Galician: Bretaña

Portuguese: Bretanha, Britânia

Sicilian: Britagna, Britanja

Spanish: Bretaña

Diodorus
Pytheas
en:Britain (name)
la:Britannia (discretiva)

Attested from the 1st century BCE, directly or from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía), Πρεττανία (Prettanía) (in Diodorus), earlier νῆσος Πρεττανική (nêsos Prettanikḗ) or Βρεττανίαι (Brettaníai), used by Pytheas (4th century BCE) of the entire archipelago now known as the British Isles.
The Ancient Greek name is ultimately from a Celtic ethnonym, reconstructed as early Brythonic *Pritani, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic *Kʷritanī, *Kʷritenī, whence Welsh Prydyn (“Picts”), Old Irish Cruthne, Cru(i)then-túath (“Picts”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do”).

(Medieval Latin) Brittany (a region and peninsula in modern France, populated by speakers of Breton)


Manche

A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Saint-Lô.


Manche

Manche (a department of Normandy, France)


Бар

ru-proper noun+

Бар • (Bar) m inan (genitive Ба́ра, nominative plural Ба́ры, genitive plural Ба́ров)

Bar (romanization)
Ба́ра (genitive)
Ба́ры (nominative plural)
Ба́ров (genitive plural)
Ба́р (nominative singular)
Ба́ры (nominative plural)
Ба́ра (genitive singular)
Ба́ров (genitive plural)
Ба́ру (dative singular)
Ба́рам (dative plural)
Ба́р (accusative singular)
Ба́ры (accusative plural)
Ба́ром (instrumental singular)
Ба́рами (instrumental plural)
Ба́ре (prepositional singular)
Ба́рах (plural prepositional)

Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire#English

Bar (historical French duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in modern eastern France)


Bulle

A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Corsica

Borrowed from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.


Corsica

Borrowed from Latin Corsica (from Ancient Greek Κορσίς (Korsís)).

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Corsica

Ultimately from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).


Corsica

From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).


Corsica

la-proper noun

Corsica f sg (genitive Corsicae); first declension

Corsicae (genitive)
Corsica (nominative singular)
Corsicae (genitive singular)
Corsicae (dative singular)
Corsicam (accusative singular)
Corsicā (ablative singular)
Corsica (singular vocative)
Corsicae (locative singular)

Catalan: Còrsega

Corsican: Corsica

French: Corse

Italian: Corsica

Portuguese: Córsega

Spanish: Córcega

→ English: Corsica

→ Irish: An Chorsaic

→ Manx: Yn Chorsickey

→ Welsh: Corsica

From Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ), mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.


Corsica

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Korsika


Corsica

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika


Pariisi

Pariisi (nominative singular)
Pariisi (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisin (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisin (genitive singular)
Pariisia (partitive singular)
Pariisissa (inessive singular)
Pariisista (elative singular)
Pariisiin (illative singular)
Pariisilla (adessive singular)
Pariisilta (ablative singular)
Pariisille (allative singular)
Pariisina (essive singular)
Pariisiksi (singular translative)
Pariisitta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Pariisini (nominative singular)
Pariisini (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisini (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisini (genitive singular)
Pariisiani (partitive singular)
Pariisissani (inessive singular)
Pariisistani (elative singular)
Pariisiini (illative singular)
Pariisillani (adessive singular)
Pariisiltani (ablative singular)
Pariisilleni (allative singular)
Pariisinani (essive singular)
Pariisikseni (singular translative)
Pariisittani (abessive singular)
Pariisisi (nominative singular)
Pariisisi (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisisi (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisisi (genitive singular)
Pariisiasi (partitive singular)
Pariisissasi (inessive singular)
Pariisistasi (elative singular)
Pariisiisi (illative singular)
Pariisillasi (adessive singular)
Pariisiltasi (ablative singular)
Pariisillesi (allative singular)
Pariisinasi (essive singular)
Pariisiksesi (singular translative)
Pariisittasi (abessive singular)
Pariisimme (nominative singular)
Pariisimme (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisimme (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisimme (genitive singular)
Pariisiamme (partitive singular)
Pariisissamme (inessive singular)
Pariisistamme (elative singular)
Pariisiimme (illative singular)
Pariisillamme (adessive singular)
Pariisiltamme (ablative singular)
Pariisillemme (allative singular)
Pariisinamme (essive singular)
Pariisiksemme (singular translative)
Pariisittamme (abessive singular)
Pariisinne (nominative singular)
Pariisinne (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisinne (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisinne (genitive singular)
Pariisianne (partitive singular)
Pariisissanne (inessive singular)
Pariisistanne (elative singular)
Pariisiinne (illative singular)
Pariisillanne (adessive singular)
Pariisiltanne (ablative singular)
Pariisillenne (allative singular)
Pariisinanne (essive singular)
Pariisiksenne (singular translative)
Pariisittanne (abessive singular)
Pariisinsa (nominative singular)
Pariisinsa (accusative nominative singular)
Pariisinsa (accusative genitive singular)
Pariisinsa (genitive singular)
Pariisiaan (partitive singular)
Pariisiansa (partitive singular)
Pariisissaan (inessive singular)
Pariisissansa (inessive singular)
Pariisistaan (elative singular)
Pariisistansa (elative singular)
Pariisiinsa (illative singular)
Pariisillaan (adessive singular)
Pariisillansa (adessive singular)
Pariisiltaan (ablative singular)
Pariisiltansa (ablative singular)
Pariisilleen (allative singular)
Pariisillensa (allative singular)
Pariisinaan (essive singular)
Pariisinansa (essive singular)
Pariisikseen (singular translative)
Pariisiksensa (singular translative)
Pariisittaan (abessive singular)
Pariisittansa (abessive singular)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Aar

de-proper noun

die Aar f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aar)

die Aar (canonical feminine)
der Aar (definite genitive)
Aar (definite nominative singular)
Aar (definite genitive singular)
Aar (dative definite singular)
Aar (accusative definite singular)

Attested as Late Latin Arola, Arula in the 7th century, from a pre-Indo-European hydronym *ar- (“watercourse”), also present in several other Old European hydronymy names such as Ahr in Rhineland, Ar in Meurthe-et-Moselle, l'Arc in both Savoie and Bouches-du-Rhône, Hérault (Occitan Erau) in Hérault, Arre in Gard, etc.

A branch of the Ill, Bas-Rhin department, France


Cognac

From French Cognac, from Occitan Conhac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius, Cominia + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).

A city in the Charente department, former region of Poitou-Charentes, region of New Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.


Cognac

From Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum, from Proto-Celtic *-ākom. The gens Cominius is an Italic family name; see Cominia for further details.

Cognac (a city in the Charente department, France)


Rhone

A river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.


Ain

One of the départements of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Bourg-en-Bresse (INSEE code 01)

A river in France which flows from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River.


Ain

Named after the River Ain, from Medieval Latin Hinnis, from earlier Igneus, of pre-Roman, probably Celtic, origin; perhaps Proto-Celtic *inn, itself likely related to the river River Inn (Latin Aenus), both related to *enios (“water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), found in many placenames such as the settlement Aenona.

Ain (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Meuse

A department in Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).


Meuse

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Meuse, Maas (major river in northeastern France, Belgium and the Netherlands)

Meronym: Bar-le-Duc

Meuse (a department of Grand Est, France)


Percy

From the Norman baronial surname from a place in Normandy (Percy-en-Auge), Old French Perci, Late Latin Persiacum, from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius.

A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

A village in the Manche department, Normandy, France.


Paryż

pl-prop

Paryż m inan (related adjective paryski)

paryski (adjective)
Paryż (nominative singular)
Paryża (genitive singular)
Paryżowi (dative singular)
Paryż (accusative singular)
Paryżem (instrumental singular)
Paryżu (locative singular)
Paryżu (singular vocative)


Париз

mk-proper noun

Париз • (Pariz) m (relational adjective париски)

Pariz (romanization)
париски (adjective relational)


Париз

Па̀рӣз (canonical masculine)
Pàrīz (romanization)
Па̀рӣз (nominative singular)
Пари́за (genitive singular)
Паризу (dative singular)
Париз (accusative singular)
Паризу (singular vocative)
Паризу (locative singular)
Паризом (instrumental singular)


Pariz

Pàrīz (canonical masculine)
Па̀рӣз (Cyrillic)
Pàrīz (nominative singular)
Paríza (genitive singular)
Parizu (dative singular)
Pariz (accusative singular)
Parizu (singular vocative)
Parizu (locative singular)
Parizom (instrumental singular)


Pariz

Parȋz (canonical inanimate masculine)
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Paríz (nominative singular)
Paríza (genitive singular)
Parízu (dative singular)
Paríz (accusative singular)
Parízu (locative singular)
Parízom (instrumental singular)


Париж

bg-proper noun

Пари́ж • (Paríž) m


Париж

ru-proper noun+

Пари́ж • (Paríž) m inan (genitive Пари́жа, relational adjective пари́жский)

Пари́ж (canonical)
Paríž (romanization)
Пари́жа (genitive)
пари́жский (adjective relational)
Пари́ж (nominative singular)
Пари́жа (genitive singular)
Пари́жу (dative singular)
Пари́ж (accusative singular)
Пари́жем (instrumental singular)
Пари́же (prepositional singular)

пари́шь (paríšʹ)

Borrowed from Polish Paryż, attested since 1696. Displaced earlier Middle Russian Парисъ (Paris).
(village): Named after the French city.

Зачем мне ваш Париж?

Что-то происходит в России невидимо над головою,
что-то непонятное, чуждое чистым бульварам Парижа

1994, Roman Neumoyev (lyrics and music), “Что-то происходит в России”:

Something is happening in Russia, invisibly above the head,
something incomprehensible (and) foreign for the clean Paris boulevards

Što-to proisxodit v Rossii nevidimo nad golovoju,
što-to neponjatnoje, čuždoje čistym bulʹvaram Pariža


Париж

uk-proper noun

Пари́ж • (Parýž) m inan (genitive Пари́жа, uncountable, relational adjective пари́зький)

Пари́ж (canonical)
Parýž (romanization)
Пари́жа (genitive)
пари́зький (adjective relational)
Пари́ж (nominative singular)
Пари́жа (genitive singular)
Пари́жеві (dative singular)
Пари́жу (dative singular)
Пари́ж (accusative singular)
Пари́жем (instrumental singular)
Пари́жу (locative singular)
Пари́жі (locative singular)
Пари́же (singular vocative)


Franska Guyana

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Franska Guyana n (genitive Franska Guyanas)

French Guiana
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French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Versaliae

la-proper noun

Versaliae f pl (genitive Versaliārum); first declension

Versaliārum (genitive)
Versaliae (nominative plural)
Versaliārum (genitive plural)
Versaliīs (dative plural)
Versaliās (accusative plural)
Versaliīs (ablative plural)
Versaliae (plural vocative)


Mâcon

Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).

It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that Scott decided that we have the hotel make us a picnic lunch. I tried to argue him out of this as I was sure we could get a bottle of Mâcon in Mâcon and we could buy something to make sandwiches in a charcuterie.

1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 153:

A town and commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


ليل

acw-proper noun

ليل • (līl) f


Maas

From Middle Dutch Mase, from Old Dutch *Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Dutch is one of the few languages in which the Germanic name survives directly; most other languages have borrowed the name from Dutch or from a Romance language.

The Meuse, a major European river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows through the provinces of Limburg, Gelderland, North Brabant and South Holland.


Maas

de-proper noun

die Maas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Maas)

die Maas (canonical feminine)
der Maas (definite genitive)
Maas (definite nominative singular)
Maas (definite genitive singular)
Maas (dative definite singular)
Maas (accusative definite singular)

From Old High German Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Maas.

Meuse (a major river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Parijs

From Middle Dutch parijs, from Old French Paris.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Nya Kaledonien

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Montréal

English: Montreal

Inherited from Middle French Montreal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain, Mont Royal, named by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.

Montréal (a commune of the Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Montréal (a commune of the Aude department, Occitanie, France)

Montréal (a commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)

Montréal (a commune of the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Ost

French: Oust

Named after the Oust river, generally considered to be of Celtic/Gaulish origin (the name in Breton is Oud) and possibly related to the name of the Oltis, or from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *olyos (“all”), if the Gaulish form was a suffixed form of *ollo- (“everything, big”), meaning something like "the big one (river)."

Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Pyrenäen

die Pyrenäen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

die Pyrenäen (canonical plural)
Pyrenäen (definite nominative plural)
Pyrenäen (definite genitive plural)
Pyrenäen (dative definite plural)
Pyrenäen (accusative definite plural)

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -en after Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs.

Pyrenees (a mountain range between France and Spain)


Pyrénées

→ Ottoman Turkish: پیرنه (Pirene)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پیرنهلر (Pireneler)

Turkish: Pireneler

→ Persian: پیرنه (pirene)

From Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs, from Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē).


Elsass

das Elsass n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Elsass or des Elsasses)

das Elsass (canonical neuter)
des Elsass (definite genitive)
des Elsasses (definite genitive)

Formerly Elsāzzun ("those dwelling outside").
From Old High German Elisāzo, the first element from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”).

Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Landry

en-proper noun

Landry (countable and uncountable, plural Landrys)

French, from the Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), + ric, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”).
Cognate to the Spanish given name Landerico, Landrigo.

A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Brandon

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of English Branton.

A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Miarritze

Miarritze (absolutive indefinite)
Miarritzek (ergative indefinite)
Miarritzeri (dative indefinite)
Miarritzeren (genitive indefinite)
Miarritzerekin (comitative indefinite)
Miarritzerengatik (causative indefinite)
Miarritzerentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Miarritzez (indefinite instrumental)
Miarritzen (indefinite inessive)
Miarritzeko (indefinite locative)
Miarritzera (allative indefinite)
Miarritzeraino (indefinite terminative)
Miarritzerantz (directive indefinite)
Miarritzerako (destinative indefinite)
Miarritzetik (ablative indefinite)
Miarritzerik (indefinite partitive)
Miarritzetzat (indefinite prolative)

Biarritz (a city and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Mont Blanc

Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”).

bor

The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.

மோன்தே பியாங்கோ

mōṉtē piyāṅkō


Bordeaux

From French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

The capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.


Bordeaux

Bordeaux (nominative singular)
Bordeaux (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’n (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’n (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’ta (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssa (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’sta (elative singular)
Bordeaux’hon (illative singular)
Bordeaux’lla (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’lta (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’lle (allative singular)
Bordeaux’na (essive singular)
Bordeaux’ksi (singular translative)
Bordeaux’tta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Bordeaux’ni (nominative singular)
Bordeaux’ni (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’ni (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’ni (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’tani (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssani (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’stani (elative singular)
Bordeaux’honi (illative singular)
Bordeaux’llani (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’ltani (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’lleni (allative singular)
Bordeaux’nani (essive singular)
Bordeaux’kseni (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ttani (abessive singular)
Bordeaux’si (nominative singular)
Bordeaux’si (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’si (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’si (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’tasi (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssasi (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’stasi (elative singular)
Bordeaux’hosi (illative singular)
Bordeaux’llasi (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’ltasi (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’llesi (allative singular)
Bordeaux’nasi (essive singular)
Bordeaux’ksesi (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ttasi (abessive singular)
Bordeaux’mme (nominative singular)
Bordeaux’mme (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’mme (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’mme (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’tamme (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssamme (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’stamme (elative singular)
Bordeaux’homme (illative singular)
Bordeaux’llamme (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’ltamme (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’llemme (allative singular)
Bordeaux’namme (essive singular)
Bordeaux’ksemme (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ttamme (abessive singular)
Bordeaux’nne (nominative singular)
Bordeaux’nne (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’nne (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’nne (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’tanne (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssanne (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’stanne (elative singular)
Bordeaux’honne (illative singular)
Bordeaux’llanne (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’ltanne (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’llenne (allative singular)
Bordeaux’nanne (essive singular)
Bordeaux’ksenne (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ttanne (abessive singular)
Bordeaux’nsa (nominative singular)
Bordeaux’nsa (accusative nominative singular)
Bordeaux’nsa (accusative genitive singular)
Bordeaux’nsa (genitive singular)
Bordeaux’taan (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’tansa (partitive singular)
Bordeaux’ssaan (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’ssansa (inessive singular)
Bordeaux’staan (elative singular)
Bordeaux’stansa (elative singular)
Bordeaux’honsa (illative singular)
Bordeaux’llaan (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’llansa (adessive singular)
Bordeaux’ltaan (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’ltansa (ablative singular)
Bordeaux’lleen (allative singular)
Bordeaux’llensa (allative singular)
Bordeaux’naan (essive singular)
Bordeaux’nansa (essive singular)
Bordeaux’kseen (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ksensa (singular translative)
Bordeaux’ttaan (abessive singular)
Bordeaux’ttansa (abessive singular)

Bordeaux (the capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Bordeaux

Inherited from Middle French Bordeaulx, from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.


Bordeaux

pl-prop

Bordeaux n (indeclinable, related adjective bordoski)

Unadapted borrowing from French Bordeaux.

ubor

Bordeaux (the capital and largest city of the Gironde department, France; capital and largest city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Albi

Albi (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)


Albi

Albi (a town and commune of the Tarn department, France)


Lyons

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

bor

nominative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">Lyon</i>

Alternative form of Lyon, the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Basse-Normandie

Lower Normandy (a former administrative region of France; now part of the administrative region of Normandy)


Haute-Normandie

Upper Normandy (a former administrative region of France; now part of the administrative region of Normandy)


Champagne-Ardenne

A former region in France; since 2016, part of the region of Grand Est.

Шампа́нь — Арде́нны f (Šampánʹ — Ardɛ́nny)


Rhône-Alpes

A former administrative region of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.


Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes (a former administrative region of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)


Midi-Pyrénées

a former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Occitania.


Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées (a former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Occitania)


Bourgogne

From French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.

A region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.


Bourgogne

Inherited from Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burgh, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). From the same root is Brie, via Gaulish.

der

Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

Burgundy (An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)


Nord-Pas-de-Calais

A former administrative region of France, made up of the two departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France.

Нор — Па-де-Кале́ m (Nor — Pa-dɛ-Kalé)


Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Nord-Pas-de-Calais (a former administrative region of France, made up of the two departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France)


Picardy

A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France.


Franche-Comté

(historical) A former region in France; since 2015, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.


Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté (a former region in France)


Poitou-Charentes

Unadapted borrowing from French Poitou-Charentes, after the historical regions of Poitou and Charente.

unadapted borrowing

A former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Capital: Poitiers.

प्वाटु-शारांट

pvāṭu-śārāṇṭa

Пуату́ — Шара́нта m (Puatú — Šaránta)


Poitou-Charentes

le Poitou-Charentes (canonical masculine)

Compound of Poitou + Charentes (pluralized form of Charente), the names of two historical regions.

af

pluralized form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">Charente</i>

Poitou-Charentes (a former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Pays de la Loire

An administrative region of France, near Brittany.


Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English:_Q16994

Pays de la Loire (an administrative region of France, near Brittany)


Languedoc-Roussillon

A former administrative region of France, made up of Languedoc and Roussillon; in 2016, it became part of the region of Occitania.

Лангедо́к — Руссильо́н m (Langedók — Russilʹón)


Languedoc-Roussillon

/lãᵑ.ɡəˈdɔk ʁuˈsi.jɔ̃ᵑ/

Languedoc-Roussillon (a former administrative region of France, made up of Languedoc and Roussillon; in 2016, it became part of the region of Occitania)


Auvergne

/əʊˈvɜː(ɹ)n/

A former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.


Auvergne

From Occitan Auvèrnhe or Auvèrnha, Latin Arvernicus pagus, from the Arverni, the name of a Gaulish tribe.

Auvergne (a former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)


Aquitaine

Borrowed from French Aquitaine, from Latin Aquitania, from aqua (“water”) + -ania (suffix forming place names) and distinguishing the intended area of Gaul. Doublet of Aquitania and Guyenne.

Gascony

sometimes distinguished as southern Aquitaine

Guyenne

sometimes distinguished as northern Aquitaine

(historical) A former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.


Aquitaine

→ English: Aquitaine

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania. Doublet of the inherited Guyenne and Guienne, from Old French Aguyenne.

Meronyms: Béarn, Gascogne, Guyenne

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronym: Béarn


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Прованс — Альпы — Лазурный Берег m (Provans — Alʹpy — Lazurnyj Bereg)


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (canonical feminine)

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (an administrative region of France)


Île-de-France

An administrative region in north-central France, including Paris.


Île-de-France

Likely from a corruption of Frankish *Liddle Franke (“little Franconia”), from Frankish *lūtil (“little”) + the name of the Frankish tribe, later reinterpreted as l’ + île + de + France (the Isle of France).

der

Meronyms: Essonne, Hurepoix, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne

Île-de-France (an administrative region in north-central France, including Paris)


Île-de-France

Unadapted borrowing from French Île-de-France.

ubor

Île-de-France (a domestic sheep breed originally from the region)


Lyon

From French Lyon (supplanting earlier Lyons, derived from the Old French nominative form), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Lyon was not a very cheerful town at night. It was a big, heavy, solid-money town, probably fine if you had money and liked that sort of town. For years I had heard about the wonderful chicken in the restaurants there, but we had eaten mutton instead.

1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 152:

The third largest city in France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

The Metropolis of Lyon, a metropolitan authority in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, outside of Rhône department, which includes the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs.


Lyon

English: Lyon, Lyons

From Latin Lugdūnum, from Gaulish *Lugudūnon (“fort of Lug”), from the Celtic deity Lugus, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Lyon

From French Lyon, q.v. Compare Ottoman Turkish لیون (Liyon).

Lyon (a city in central France; capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)


Alsace

From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”).

q

A region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

ალზასი

region on the west bank of the upper Rhine


Alsace

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Limousin

Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

A former region in France; since 2016, part of the region of New Aquitaine.


Limousin

Originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovicīnus, adjective form of Lemovicēs, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears.


Lorraine

Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.

A former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est.


Lorraine

Inherited from Old French Loherraine, from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia; compare Lothringia, German Lothringen.

Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)


Pompey

From French Pompey; earliest attested name: Pompangio (896).

A city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France


Pompey

→ English: Pompey

Pompey (a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France)


パリ

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Tarbes

A city, the capital of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, in southern France. It was the second largest city in the former Midi-Pyrénées Region, after Toulouse.


Allan

A commune in Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Rouen

Borrowed from French Rouen, from Latin Rotomagus. Replaced Middle English Rone, from Anglo-Norman Ron.

The capital city of Normandy, France, on the River Seine.


Rouen

Inherited from Old French Roem, from the Roman name, Latin Rotomagus, from the Gaulish name Ratumacos, from *rato- (of unclear origin - see Rouen) + *magos, from Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”).

Rouen (the capital city of Normandy, France on the Seine River)


Rouen

Unadapted borrowing from French Rouen, from Latin Rotomagus.

Rouen (the capital city of Normandy, Franceon the Seine River)


Normandie

cs-proper noun

Normandie f (related adjective normandský, demonym Normanďan, female demonym Normanďanka)

normandský (adjective)
Normanďan (demonym)
Normanďanka (demonym feminine)
Normandie (nominative singular)
Normandie (genitive singular)
Normandii (dative singular)
Normandii (accusative singular)
Normandie (singular vocative)
Normandii (locative singular)
Normandií (instrumental singular)

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


Normandie

Inherited from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie.


Normandie

de-proper noun

Normandie f (proper noun, genitive Normandie)

/nɔʁmɑ̃ˈdiː/


Normandie

English: Normandy

From Old English Normandiġ, borrowed from Old French Normendie, from normant, from a Germanic language; equivalent to Normand + -ie.


Clarence

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.

A river in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, a tributary of the Lys.


Delle

From French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.


Vichy

From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement."

A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.

(historical, figurative, metonymically) Vichy France; the Vichy French government.


Vichy

A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Vichy

Borrowed from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement.".

A town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Versailles

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

der

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.


Versailles

→ Persian: ورسای (versây)

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”) or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning around”).

Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)


Versailles

de-proper noun

Versailles n (proper noun, genitive Versailles' or (with an article) Versailles)

Versailles' (genitive)
Versailles (genitive)


Marseille

From French Marseille (supplanting earlier Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).

The capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


Marseille

cs-proper noun

Marseille f (related adjective marseilleský or marseillský, demonym Marseillan, female demonym Marseillanka)

marseilleský (adjective)
marseillský (adjective)
Marseillan (demonym)
Marseillanka (demonym feminine)
Marseille (nominative singular)
Marseille (genitive singular)
Marseilli (dative singular)
Marseilli (accusative singular)
Marseille (singular vocative)
Marseilli (locative singular)
Marseillí (instrumental singular)

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Marseille

From the Latin Massilia, Marsilia, Massalia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), possibly an Ancient Ligurian toponym or perhaps from Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “further”) + ἅλς (háls, “sea”), literally “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

af

Meronyms: Belsunce, Canebière, Évêché, Frais-Vallon, La Timone, Sormiou


Marseille

de-proper noun

Marseille n (proper noun, genitive Marseilles or (optionally with an article) Marseille)

Marseilles (genitive)
Marseille (genitive with-article)


Orléans

Inherited from Latin Aurelianum. Doublet of Aurélien.

Orleans (the capital city of the Loiret department, France; capital city of the region of Centre-Val de Loire)


Morton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

A commune in Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Calais

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.

A city in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Calais

Calais (a city in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Calais

Calais (a town in Hauts-de-France, France)


Le Havre

/lə ˈhɑːvɹə/

From French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor.

A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.


Le Havre

A city on the north coast of Normandy, France


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

A former administrative region of France, now divided into Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corse (Corsica).


Caen

Borrowed from Old French Caen, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus.

A city in the Calvados department, Normandy, France.


Caen

Inherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).

Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)


Munster

Borrowed from French Munster or German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

A town in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France.


Munster

→ English: Munster

Borrowed from German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

Munster (a town in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


Calvados

Calvadós

département of France, in the Normandy region


Calvados

Likely from a combination of Latin calvus and dorsum.

Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)


Lille

From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.

A city, the capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France.


Lille

Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille.

inh+

Meronyms: Bois-Blancs, Faubourg de Béthune, Fives, Hellemmes-Lille, Lille-Moulins, Lomme, Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin, Vauban-Esquermes, Wazemmes

Lille (the department capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France)


法屬圭亞那

ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ

ㄈㄚˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ

/fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/

/fä⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/

/faːt̚³ sʊk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ aː³³ naː¹³/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɔk̚²⁴⁻² kui³³ a³³ nã⁴¹/

/huat̚³²⁻⁵ siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³/

/huat̚³²⁻⁴ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² kui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³/

/fä⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/

/faːt̚³ sʊk̚² kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ aː³³ naː¹³/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɔk̚²⁴⁻² kui³³ a³³ nã⁴¹/

administrative region
administrative region

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Dunkirk

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).

Dunkerque, a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Brest

From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre.


Brest

From earlier Bresta, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bre (“hill”).


Dieppe

Borrowed from French Dieppe.
The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

A coastal town in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.


Dieppe

The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.


Languedoc

Borrowed from French Languedoc, from langue d’oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).

A former province of France, in the south of the country; since 2016, part of the region of Occitanie.


Languedoc

Univerbation of the phrase langue d’oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).


Bangor

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Naoned

Nantes (the capital city of the Loire-Atlantique department, France; capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire)


Breizh

Breizh (unmutated)
Vreizh (mutation-soft)
Preizh (mutation-hard)

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Konk-Kerne

→ French: Concarneau

Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed

Concarneau (a town in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Roazhon

Rennes (the capital city of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France; capital city of the region of Brittany)


Kemper

→ French: Quimper

From Middle Breton kemper (“confluent”), from Proto-Celtic *kom-bero- (“confluence”), from *kom- (“with”) + *bereti (“to carry”).

Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed

Quimper (a city, the prefecture of the department of Finistère, Brittany, France)


Grenoble

/ɡɹəˈnoʊbəl/

/ɡɹəˈnəʊbəl/

A commune in the French Alps in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Grenoble

Inherited from Old French Graignovol, ultimately from Late Latin Grātiānopolis, named after the emperor Gratian.

Grenoble (a city, the prefecture of the department of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Dijon

Borrowed from French Dijon, from the Roman name, Latin Diviō, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.

The capital city of the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Dijon

Dijon (the capital city of the Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Dijon

Dijon (the capital city of the Côte-d'Or department, France)


Dijon

From the Roman name, Latin Diviōnem, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.