Французская Полинезия

Францу́зская

Полине́зия//Polinɛ́zija

Францу́зская Полине́зия • (Francúzskaja Polinɛ́zija) f inan (genitive Францу́зской Полине́зии)

Францу́зская Полине́зия (canonical)
Francúzskaja Polinɛ́zija (romanization)
Францу́зской Полине́зии (genitive)
Францу́зская Полине́зия (nominative singular)
Францу́зской Полине́зии (genitive singular)
Францу́зской Полине́зии (dative singular)
Францу́зскую Полине́зию (accusative singular)
Францу́зской Полине́зией (instrumental singular)
Францу́зскою Полине́зиею (instrumental singular)
Францу́зской Полине́зии (prepositional singular)

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French Polynesia (an overseas collectivity of France in Polynesia)

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Fontenay-aux-Roses

Borrowed from French Fontenay-aux-Roses.

A town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France.


Fontenay-aux-Roses

The commune name originates from a local stream from a spring (fons, fontaine) in the hillside descending from the Châtillon plateau, with the addition ("of roses") added to distinguish this commune from numerous French communes named Fontenay.

Fontenay-aux-Roses (a town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France)


প্যারিস

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প্যারিস • (pêriś) (genitive প্যারিসের (pêriśer), locative প্যারিসে (pêriśe))

pêriś (romanization)
প্যারিসের (genitive)
প্যারিসে (locative)

Borrowed from English Paris, from French Paris.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Grenelle

→ English: Grenelle

→ Russian: Грене́ль (Grenélʹ)

Grenelle (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Occitanie

administrative region
administrative region

An administrative region in southern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées.


Occitanie

→ English: Occitanie

Occitanie (an administrative region in southern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées)


Ницца

ru-proper noun+

Ни́цца • (Nícca) f inan (genitive Ни́ццы)

Ни́цца (canonical)
Nícca (romanization)
Ни́ццы (genitive)
Ни́цца (nominative singular)
Ни́ццы (genitive singular)
Ни́цце (dative singular)
Ни́ццу (accusative singular)
Ни́ццей (instrumental singular)
Ни́ццею (instrumental singular)
Ни́цце (prepositional singular)
Ни́цца (dated nominative singular)
Ни́ццы (dated genitive singular)
Ни́ццѣ (dated dative singular)
Ни́ццу (accusative dated singular)
Ни́ццей (dated instrumental singular)
Ни́ццею (dated instrumental singular)
Ни́ццѣ (dated prepositional singular)

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

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


Martinik

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


Martinik

cs-proper noun

Martinik m inan (related adjective martinický)

martinický (adjective)
Martinik (nominative singular)
Martiniku (genitive singular)
Martiniku (dative singular)
Martinik (accusative singular)
Martiniku (singular vocative)
Martiniku (locative singular)
Martinikem (instrumental singular)


Garonne

Inherited from Latin Garumna, Garonna, probably from Gaulish *garunda (“shallows, riverbank”).

der

Garonne (a long river in southwestern France)


Dordogne

A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.


Dordogne

Named after the river Dordogne, from Latin Duranius (named by Ausonius).
Folk etymology derives it from two mountain streams, Dor (shortened from mont d’ or (“mountain of gold”) and dogne, from dord (“babbling, muttering”) (imitative) + aven (“river”), though this may have influenced the spelling.

Dordogne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Dordogne (a long river in south-central and southwestern France)


Sarthe

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

One of the departments in Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans (INSEE number 72).


Sarthe

Sarthe (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)

Sarthe (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France)


Isère

From French Isère, from the Roman name, Latin Isara.

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Isère

Isère (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)

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


Gironde

One of the departments in the region of Aquitaine (now part of New Aquitaine), France.


Gironde

Gironde (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Gironde (an estuary in southwestern France)


Paarys

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Poictiers

Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region. (Respelled to be closer to the Latin spelling.)

Lors dist Pantagruel, pleut à dieu que chascun, de vous eussent deux paires de sonnettes de sacre au menton, & que ie eusse au mien les grosses horologes de Renes, de Poictiers, de Tours, & de Cambray, pour veoir l'aubade que nous donnerions au remuement de noz badigoinces


Poitiers

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

A city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.


Poitiers

English: Poitiers

Inherited from Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Poitiers (a city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cànoes

From Canoves, contraction of cases noves (“new houses”).

Canohès (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Tuïr

Seemingly from Latin villa tugurii (“farm of the hut”).

Thuir (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Torderes

From the plural of tordera, from Latin turdāria, itself plural of turdārium (“thrush farm”), from turdus (“thrush”).

Tordères (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Vivers

Seemingly from the plural of viver, from Latin vīvārium (“preserve, enclosure”).

A village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia


Cotlliure

First recorded in Latin Castrum Caucoliberi.
Possibly from an Iberian root *kauk- (“bay”) and Latin Illiberi, the ancient name of the town of Elne (in Catalan Elna); interpretable as “port of Illiberi”.
Compare lliure (“free”).

Collioure (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Pontellà

Inherited from Latin Pontiliānus, after the given name Pontilius.

Ponteilla (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Tesà

Inherited from Latin Titiānus (“Titian”), whence also Ticià, from Titius.

inh+

Théza (a small town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Montner

A small town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.


Montner

From Montnegre, from mont negre (“black mountain”).

Montner (a small town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Montner

Borrowed from Catalan Montner (literally “black mountain”).


Salses

Inherited from Latin Salsulās, derived from salsus (“salty”), so-called due to the presence of nearby salt mines.

Salses-le-Château (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Illa

French: Ille

Inherited from Latin īnsula (“island”), whence also the Catalan noun illa.

Holonym: Rosselló

Ille-sur-Têt (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Vingrau

Maybe from vint graons (“twenty steps”), but more probably from the Germanic given name Winigaud or from vin (“wine”) + grau (“degree, grade”).

Vingrau (a small town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Vingrau

Borrowed from Catalan Vingrau: maybe from vint graons (“twenty steps”), but more probably from the Germanic given name Winigaud or from vin (“wine”) + grau (“degree, grade”).


Pollestres

A town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.


Pollestres

Inherited from Latin palūdestris, feminine of palūdester (“swampy, marshy”), from palūs, palūdis (“swamp, marsh”) + -ester.

Pollestres (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Pollestres

Borrowed from Catalan Pollestres, from Latin palūdestris, feminine of palūdester (“swampy, marshy”), from palūs, palūdis (“swamp, marsh”) + -ester.


Burdigala

la-proper noun

Burdigala f sg (genitive Burdigalae); first declension

Burdigalae (genitive)
Burdigala (nominative singular)
Burdigalae (genitive singular)
Burdigalae (dative singular)
Burdigalam (accusative singular)
Burdigalā (ablative singular)
Burdigala (singular vocative)
Burdigalae (locative singular)

[bʊrˈd̪ɪɡäɫ̪ä]

Named after Bituriges Vivisci, a Gaulish tribe in the area. The first word is said to mean kings of the world, from Proto-Celtic *bitus + *rīxs.

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


Rosselló

Inherited from Latin Ruscinōnem. Compare French Roussillon, Occitan Rosselhon.

Holonym: Catalunya Nord

Meronyms: Elna, Perpinyà

Roussillon (a region of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France), part of Northern Catalonia


El Voló

From a Latin accusative Volōnem of uncertain origin.

Le Boulou (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Clairà

Inherited from Latin Clāriānus, from the given name Clārius.

Claira (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Pià

Inherited from Latin Appiānus, from the given name Appius.

Pia (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Sochaux

A town in the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Nîmes

A city in Occitanie, southern France, the capital of the department of Gard, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.


Nîmes

→ English: Nîmes

Previously Nismes, from Middle French Nismes, ultimately from Latin Colonia Nemausus, from the name of a Gaulish god.

Holonym: Gard

Meronyms: Pissevin-Valdegour, Vaquerolles

Nîmes (a city in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Doubs

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

(with the) A river running through Switzerland and France, a tributary of the Saône.

A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.


Doubs

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (“black”).

Doubs (a river in France and Switzerland)

Meronyms: Doubien, Doubiste

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


Cluses

Les Cluses (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Vallespir

Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia#English

Morellàs i les Illes
Morellàs i les Illes

Prats de Molló i la Presta
Prats de Molló i la Presta

Sant Joan de Pladecorts
Sant Joan de Pladecorts

Sant Llorenç de Cerdans
Sant Llorenç de Cerdans

a comarca (district) of Northern Catalonia (now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France) that includes the municipalities of l'Albera, Arles, els Banys i Palaldà, Ceret, les Cluses, Cortsaví, Costoja, la Menera, Montboló, Montferrer, Morellàs i les Illes, el Pertús, Prats de Molló i la Presta, Reiners, Sant Joan de Pladecorts, Sant Llorenç de Cerdans, Serrallonga and el Tec


Banys i Palaldà

Els Banys i Palaldà (canonical masculine plural)

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Cortsaví

Corsavy (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Ceret

French: Céret

Holonym: Vallespir

Céret (a small town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Sant Joan de Pladecorts

Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Albera

L'Albère (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Capcir

A historical comarca in the Region of Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France


Font-rabiosa

→ French: Fontrabiouse

A town and commune of Capcir district, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, in the historical region of Northern Catalonia


Costoja

Inherited from Latin custōdia. Doublet of custòdia, a learned borrowing.

Coustouges (a commune in the comarca of Vallespir in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France)


Arles

A city in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Arles

→ French: Arles

Holonym: Vallespir

Arles-sur-Tech (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Arles

→ English: Arles

*(Bouches-du-Rhône): Borrowed from Occitan Arle; from Latin Arelate.
*(Pyrénées-Orientales): Borrowed from Catalan Arles; from Latin Arulas.

Arles (a city in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Montferrer

Inherited from Latin monte ferrārius. Cognate with Occitan Montferrièr.

Montferrer (a village in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Montferrer

→ English: Montferrer

/mɔ̃.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/


Perpignan

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

A city, the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.


Perpignan

Inherited from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna, an Etruscan name.

Holonym: Roussillon

Meronyms: Bas-Vernet, Château-Roussillon, Clos Banet, Mailloles, Mas Guérido, Moulin-à-Vent, Saint-Assiscle, Saint-Gaudérique, Saint-Martin

Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Perpignan

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/pɛɾ.piˈɲɐ̃/

Unadapted borrowing from French Perpignan.


Normandija

Normandija (nominative singular)
Normandiju (accusative singular)
Normandijas (genitive singular)
Normandijai (dative singular)
Normandiju (instrumental singular)
Normandijā (locative singular)
Normandija (singular vocative)

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


Normandija

Normandija (nominative)
Normandijos (genitive)
Normandijai (dative)
Normandiją (accusative)
Normandija (instrumental)
Normandijoje (locative)
Normandija (vocative)


Normandija

sh-proper noun

Normàndija f (Cyrillic spelling Норма̀ндија)

Normàndija (canonical feminine)
Норма̀ндија (Cyrillic)
Normandija (nominative singular)
Normandije (genitive singular)
Normandiji (dative singular)
Normandiju (accusative singular)
Normandijo (singular vocative)
Normandiji (locative singular)
Normandijom (instrumental singular)


Páras

/ˈpˠɑːɾˠəsˠ/

/ˈpˠæːɾˠəsˠ/

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin Lutetia Parisiorum (literally “Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

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Do lean sé an captaen riamh agus choidhche nó gur bhain sé amach baile beag atá beagán slighe amach ó Pháras na Frainnce.

1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

He followed the captain continuously until he reached a small town some distance from Paris in France.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Ainhoa

Ainhoa (absolutive indefinite)
Ainhoak (ergative indefinite)
Ainhoari (dative indefinite)
Ainhoaren (genitive indefinite)
Ainhoarekin (comitative indefinite)
Ainhoarengatik (causative indefinite)
Ainhoarentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Ainhoaz (indefinite instrumental)
Ainhoarengan (animate indefinite inessive)
Ainhoan (inanimate indefinite inessive)
Ainhoako (inanimate indefinite locative)
Ainhoarengana (allative animate indefinite)
Ainhoara (allative inanimate indefinite)
Ainhoarenganaino (animate indefinite terminative)
Ainhoaraino (inanimate indefinite terminative)
Ainhoarenganantz (animate directive indefinite)
Ainhoarantz (directive inanimate indefinite)
Ainhoarenganako (animate destinative indefinite)
Ainhoarako (destinative inanimate indefinite)
Ainhoarengandik (ablative animate indefinite)
Ainhoatik (ablative inanimate indefinite)
Ainhoarik (indefinite partitive)
Ainhoatzat (indefinite prolative)

(inanimate) A village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Moezel

From Old High German Muosela or directly from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin Mosella. For the vocalism, compare other Franconian lects, e.g. Luxembourgish Musel.

The Moselle river (a river in France, Luxembourg and Germany)


Mosel·la

Moselle (a department of the region of Grand Est, France; capital: Metz)


Mosa

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


Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis, Réunion
Saint-Denis, Île-de-France

The administrative capital of Réunion, an overseas territory of France.

A town and commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France.


Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis (the capital and largest city of Réunion, France)

Dominique, gilet jaune de la première à Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), ne manque jamais les manifestations de soignants organisées dans sa ville, chaque mardi devant l’hôpital Delafontaine et chaque jeudi, devant l’hôpital Casanova, car pour lui, "blouses blanches, gilets jaunes, c’est le même combat !"

2020 11 June, Hajera Mohammad, “À Saint-Denis, "blouses blanches et gilets jaunes, c'est le même combat !"”, in France Bleu:

Dominique, a yellow-vest protester from Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) never fails to attend demonstrations in this city, every Tuesday at the Delafontaine hospital and every Thursday at the Casanova hospital, because according to her “white coats, yellow vests, it's all the same fight!”

Saint-Denis (a town and commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France)


Peitiers

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Peitiers m (nominative singular Peitiers)

Middle French: Poictiers

French: Poitiers

→ English: Poitiers

Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetàe

From Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.


Майотта

ru-proper noun+

Майо́тта • (Majótta) f inan (genitive Майо́тты)

Майо́тта (canonical)
Majótta (romanization)
Майо́тты (genitive)
Майо́тта (nominative singular)
Майо́тты (genitive singular)
Майо́тте (dative singular)
Майо́тту (accusative singular)
Майо́ттой (instrumental singular)
Майо́ттою (instrumental singular)
Майо́тте (prepositional singular)
Майо́тта (dated nominative singular)
Майо́тты (dated genitive singular)
Майо́ттѣ (dated dative singular)
Майо́тту (accusative dated singular)
Майо́ттой (dated instrumental singular)
Майо́ттою (dated instrumental singular)
Майо́ттѣ (dated prepositional singular)

Mayotte (an overseas department of France)


Montmartre

A neighbourhood of Paris, Île-de-France, France.


Montmartre

→ English: Montmartre

→ Russian: Монма́ртр (Monmártr)


Guadalupa

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)


Provença

Provence (a traditional region in southern France)


Roem

French: Rouen

→ Old English: Roðem

→ Middle English: Rone (late)

→ Medieval Hebrew: רודם

From earlier *Rodem, *Rodom, inherited from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *rotos (“wheel”) + *magos (“field”).


Κάννες

Kánnes (romanization)
Κάννες (nominative plural)
Καννών (genitive plural)
Κάννες (accusative plural)
Κάννες (plural vocative)

το διεθνές φεστιβάλ των Καννών


Szampania

Szampania (nominative singular)
Szampanii (genitive singular)
Szampanii (dative singular)
Szampanię (accusative singular)
Szampanią (instrumental singular)
Szampanii (locative singular)
Szampanio (singular vocative)

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


Lotaryngia

Lotaryngia (nominative singular)
Lotaryngii (genitive singular)
Lotaryngii (dative singular)
Lotaryngię (accusative singular)
Lotaryngią (instrumental singular)
Lotaryngii (locative singular)
Lotaryngio (singular vocative)

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


Pikardia

Pikardia (nominative singular)
Pikardii (genitive singular)
Pikardii (dative singular)
Pikardię (accusative singular)
Pikardią (instrumental singular)
Pikardii (locative singular)
Pikardio (singular vocative)

Picardy (a former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France)


Akwitania

Akwitania (nominative singular)
Akwitanii (genitive singular)
Akwitanii (dative singular)
Akwitanię (accusative singular)
Akwitanią (instrumental singular)
Akwitanii (locative singular)
Akwitanio (singular vocative)

(historical) Aquitaine (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England)

(historical) Aquitaine (a former province of the kingdom of France)

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


Martynika

Martynika (nominative singular)
Martyniki (genitive singular)
Martynice (dative singular)
Martynikę (accusative singular)
Martyniką (instrumental singular)
Martynice (locative singular)
Martyniko (singular vocative)

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


Langley

en-proper noun

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

From Old English lang (“long”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to long + -ley (“lea”).

A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.


Mesa

→ French: Mèze

Mèze (a town in the Hérault department, France)


Mozela

Mozela (nominative singular)
Mozeli (genitive singular)
Mozeli (dative singular)
Mozelę (accusative singular)
Mozelą (instrumental singular)
Mozeli (locative singular)
Mozelo (singular vocative)

Moselle (a left tributary of the Rhine in France, Luxembourg and Germany)


Vosges

From French Vosges, from Latin Vosagō, Vosegō, Vogesus, from Vosegus, name of a Celtic god, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“sub-, under”) and *segos (“force, victory”) (compare Middle Irish seg (“strength”), Welsh hŷ (“bold, brave”), and the place name Segovia).

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Épinal.


Vosges

Vosges (a mountain range in eastern France)

Vosges (a department of Grand Est, France)


Нумеа

ru-proper noun

Нумеа́ or Нуме́а • (Numɛá or Numɛ́a) m inan (indeclinable)

Нумеа́ (canonical)
Нуме́а (canonical)
Numɛá (romanization)
Numɛ́a (romanization)

Nouméa (the capital city of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France)


Lione

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


Lilla

Borrowed from French Lille, from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

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


Lilla

Borrowed from French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).


Bury

en-proper noun

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Bury
Bury (surname)
Bury, Greater Manchester

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


Nicea

nicejski (adjective)
Nicea (nominative singular)
Nicei (genitive singular)
Nicei (dative singular)
Niceę (accusative singular)
Niceą (instrumental singular)
Nicei (locative singular)
Niceo (singular vocative)

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


La Rochelle

/ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/

/ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/

Unadapted borrowing from French La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle (literally “little rock”).

der

A port city, the capital of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.


La Rochelle

→ English: La Rochelle, Rochelle

⇒ English: New Rochelle

→ French: New Rochelle → La Nouvelle-Rochelle (calque)

Literally, “the Little Rock”, from Old French rochelle. Equivalent to roche + -elle.

La Rochelle (a port city and commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Brach

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


Paräis

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Pavie

→ English: Pavie

Pavie (a city in the Gers department, France)


Marsilya

From Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic مَارْسِيلْيَا (Mārsīliyyā) and مَرْسِيلْيَا (Marsīliyyā).

مَارْسِيلْيَا

Arabic مَارْسِيلْيَا (Mārsīliyyā)

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


Dordonya

Dordogne (a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France; capital: Périgueux)


Alta Viena

Haute-Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Alier

Allier (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; capital: Moulins)


Corresa

Corrèze (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cruesa

Creuse (a department of the region of New Aquitaine, France)


Òlt

Lot (a river flowing throuh the regions of Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France)


Llemosí

Borrowed from Occitan Lemosin, from Latin Lemovīcīnus.

Limousin (a former region in France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Migdia-Pirineus

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


Puèi Domat

→ Catalan: Puèi Domat


Alvèrnia

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


Corrèze

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Tulle (INSEE code 19).


Corrèze

Corrèze (a left tributary of the Vézère, in southwestern France)


Creuse

One of the departments in New Aquitaine, France. Capital: Guéret (INSEE code 23).


Creuse

Creuse (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Creuse (a right tributary of the Vienne, in southwestern France)


Aube

A department of Grand Est, France (INSEE code 10).


Aube

Aube (a department of Grand Est, France)

Aube (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France)


Indre

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

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Châteauroux (INSEE code 36).


Indre

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

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


Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Digne-les-Bains (INSEE code 04).


Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

fr-proper noun

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence f pl (plural only)

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (a department of France)


Aveyron

One of the départements in Occitanie, France. Capital: Rodez (INSEE code 12).


Aveyron

Named after the Arve River, of uncertain origin, possibly a Celtic name from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“violent, rough, bumpy”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”). Compare Welsh garw (“rough, bumpy”) and Irish garbh.

der

Aveyron (a department of Occitanie, France)

Aude (a right tributary of the Tarn, in southern France)


Drôme

From French Drôme, from Latin Druma, related to -drome.

One of the départements of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Valence (INSEE code 26).

A river in France, tributary to the Rhône.


Drôme

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

Drôme (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)


Essonne

One of the départements in Île-de-France, France (INSEE code 91)

A river in Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France, France, a tributary of the Seine.


Essonne

Named after the river, from the Gallo-Roman water goddess, Gaulish and Latin Acionna, Acionnae, of Celtic origin, probably sharing the same Proto-Indo-European source as the river Axona.

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

Essonne (a left tributary of the Seine, in northern France)


Alpes-Maritimes

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Nice (INSEE code 05)


Alpes-Maritimes

→ English: Alpes-Maritimes

desc

→ Ottoman Turkish: ساحلی آلپ (Sâhılî Alp) (partial calque)

Alpes-Maritimes (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Charente

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Angoulême (INSEE code 16).


Charente

Charente (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Charente (a river in southwestern France)


Eure

One of the departments of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).

A river in France, tributary to the Seine.


Eure

Inherited from Middle French Evreux, from Latin Autricum. The department is named for the river.

Eure (a left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France)


Bas-Rhin

Borrowed from French Bas-Rhin (literally “Lower Rhine”).

bor

One of the departements in Alsace (part of Grand Est), France (INSEE code 67).


Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin (a department of Grand Est, France)


Hérault

From French Hérault. The Hérault River was known in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo). The name is sometimes considered pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.

One of the départements in Occitanie, France (the department was named after the river). Capital: Montpellier (INSEE code 34).


Hérault

Found in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo), the name of a river. The name is sometimes considered Pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.

Hérault (a department of Occitanie, France)


Gers

One of the departments in Occitania, France. Capital: Auch (INSEE code 32).


Gers

Gers (a department of Occitanie, France)

Gers (a left tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)


Allier

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Moulins (INSEE code 03)


Allier

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

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


Allier

Allier (a department of Auvergne, France)


Ariège

Meronym: Couserans

One of the départements in Occitanie, France (INSEE code 09)


Ariège

The department is named after the river; said to be from Latin aurigera (“bearing gold”), referring to the Gauls' practice of panning gold.

Meronym: Couserans

Ariège (a department of Occitanie, France)

Ariège (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)


Aisne

One of the départements in Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Laon (INSEE code 02)

A river in northern France, which flows into the Mayenne River


Aisne

From the Roman name, Latin Acinum, Latinized from the Gaulish river Axona.

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

Aisne (a left tributary of the Oise, in northeastern France)


Loiret

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Orleans (INSEE code 45).


Loiret

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

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


Lozère

One of the départements in Occitanie, France. Capital: Mende (INSEE code 48).


Lozère

Lozère (a department of Occitanie, France)

Mont Lozère (a mountain, the highest peak in the Cévennes mountain range, in southern France)


Nièvre

One of the departments of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Nevers (INSEE code 58)


Nièvre

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

Nièvre (a right tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Yvelines

One of the departments of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Versailles (INSEE code 78).


Yvelines

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


Oise

One of the departments in Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Beauvais (INSEE code 60)


Oise

Named after the River Oise, itself from or related to the Roman river name Latin Isara, thus also related to the river Isère.

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

Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France and Belgium)


Var

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (INSEE code 83).


Var

Var (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Côtes-d'Armor

One of the departments in Brittany, France. Capital: Saint-Brieuc (INSEE code 22).


Côtes-d'Armor

Côtes-d’Armor (canonical feminine plural)

Côtes-d'Armor (a department of Brittany, France)


Marne

From French Marne; in the sense of the German town and the place in Iowa named after it, from German Marne.

A river in France, a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris.

One of the departments of Champagne-Ardenne, now of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).


Marne

Borrowed from French Marne, from Latin Mātrona.

Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)

Marne (a right tributary of the Seine, in eastern France)


Marne

From Latin Mātrona (“Marne”), from Gaulish *Mātronā, from Proto-Celtic *Mātronā, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *mātīr (“mother”).


Vaucluse

A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Avignon (INSEE code 84).

A commune of the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vaucluse

From Latin Vallis Clausa (“closed valley”), from vallis + clausa; compare Occitan Vauclusa.

Vaucluse (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Bernon

Bernon (a commune of the department of Aube, Champagne, Grand Est, France)


Saint Louis

From French Saint-Louis, usually after King Louis IX of France (sometimes with oblique reference to later French kings named Louis). Sometimes after other places named for him. In the case of the Alsace commune, originally from German Sankt Ludwig bei Basel. In the case of the Minnesota river, thought to reference its French discoverer's recent Cross of Saint Louis, named for the French king. Doublet of São Luís.

A commune of the Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, France.


Polainéis na Fraince

head

Polainéis na Fraince f (genitive Pholainéis na Fraince)

Pholainéis na Fraince (genitive)
Polainéis na Fraince
Pholainéis na Fraince
bPolainéis na Fraince

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

French Polynesia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Duran

en-proper noun

Duran (countable and uncountable, plural Durans)

Borrowed from Spanish Durán. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

A commune in Gers department, Occitania, France.


Berry

A former province in Centre-Val de Loire, France


Berry

Inherited from Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.

A region and former province in central France.


Chantilly

From French Chantilly, from Medieval Latin Chantileium, ultimately from Gallo-Roman personal name in Latin Cantilius.

A city in the Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France, formerly in Picardy.


Bastia

A town and port, the capital of the department of Upper Corsica, Corsica, France.


Rix

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

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


Tonkin

From French Tonkin, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh (“Hanoi; its former kingdom”), from đông (“east, eastern”) + kinh (“capital”), from Middle Chinese 東京 (tuŋ kˠiæŋ), q.v.

der

(historical) A former protectorate in northern Vietnam, a colony of France.


Franca Gviano

eo-proper noun

Franca Gviano (accusative Francan Gvianon)

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

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


Tolone

Toulon (a city, the prefecture of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Tolosa

Inherited from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Tolosa

From Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.


Tolosa

la-proper noun

Tolōsa f sg (genitive Tolōsae); first declension

Tolōsa (canonical feminine singular)
Tolōsae (genitive)
Tolōsa (nominative singular)
Tolōsae (genitive singular)
Tolōsae (dative singular)
Tolōsam (accusative singular)
Tolōsā (ablative singular)
Tolōsa (singular vocative)
Tolōsae (locative singular)

[t̪ɔˈɫ̪oːs̠ä]

[t̪oˈlɔːs̬ä]

Probably of Aquitanian, Iberian, or Gaulish origin; compare Ancient Greek Τολῶσσα (Tolôssa).


Tolosa

From Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin. Doublet of Toulouse.


Tolosa

Inherited from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin. Doublet of Toulouse.


Βρετάνη

head

Βρετάνη • (Vretáni) f

Vretáni (romanization)
Βρετάνη (nominative singular)
Βρετάνης (genitive singular)
Βρετάνη (accusative singular)
Βρετάνη (singular vocative)

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

Βρετάννη f obsolete spelling after Ancient Greek Βρεττανία


Pyrénées-Atlantiques

One of the departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (INSEE code 64)


Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Haute-Vienne

One of the départements of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (INSEE code 87).


Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne (a department of Limousin, France)


Haute-Loire

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Le Puy-en-Velay (INSEE code 43).


Haute-Loire

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Eure-et-Loir

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Chartres (INSEE code 28).


Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Puy-de-Dôme

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (INSEE code 63).


Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Loire-Atlantique

One of the departments in Pays de la Loire, France (INSEE code 44).


Loire-Atlantique

Loire-Atlantique (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)


Charente-Maritime

One of the departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: La Rochelle (INSEE code 17).


Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Lot-et-Garonne

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Agen (INSEE code 47).


Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bouches-du-Rhône

One of the departments in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; located in the historical region and province of Provence. Capital: Marseille.


Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Chartres

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

A town, the capital of the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Chartres

Modern French pronunciation of Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

Chartres (a town, the department capital of Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


పారిస్

పారిస్ • (pāris)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Cerbère

A commune and border town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France.


Charols

Charols (a village and commune of the Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Fransız Rivierası

French Riviera (a region in southeast France, along the coast)


ლილი

lili (romanization)
ლილი (nominative singular)
ლილმა (ergative singular)
ლილს (dative singular)
ლილს (dative singular)
ლილსაs) (dative singular)
ლილსაsa) (dative singular)
ლილის (genitive singular)
ლილის (genitive singular)
ლილისაs) (genitive singular)
ლილისაsa) (genitive singular)
ლილით (instrumental singular)
ლილით (instrumental singular)
ლილითაt) (instrumental singular)
ლილითაta) (instrumental singular)
ლილად (adverbial singular)
ლილად (adverbial singular)
ლილადაd) (adverbial singular)
ლილადაda) (adverbial singular)
ლილო (singular vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
ლილზე (singular)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
ლილთან (singular)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
ლილში (singular)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
ლილივით (singular)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
ლილისთვის (singular)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
ლილისებრ (singular)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
ლილისკენ (singular)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
ლილისგან (singular)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
ლილიდან (singular)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
ლილითურთ (singular)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
ლილამდე (singular)

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


ორლეანი

orleani (romanization)
ორლეანი (nominative singular)
ორლეანმა (ergative singular)
ორლეანს (dative singular)
ორლეანს (dative singular)
ორლეანსაs) (dative singular)
ორლეანსაsa) (dative singular)
ორლეანის (genitive singular)
ორლეანის (genitive singular)
ორლეანისაs) (genitive singular)
ორლეანისაsa) (genitive singular)
ორლეანით (instrumental singular)
ორლეანით (instrumental singular)
ორლეანითაt) (instrumental singular)
ორლეანითაta) (instrumental singular)
ორლეანად (adverbial singular)
ორლეანად (adverbial singular)
ორლეანადაd) (adverbial singular)
ორლეანადაda) (adverbial singular)
ორლეანო (singular vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
ორლეანზე (singular)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
ორლეანთან (singular)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
ორლეანში (singular)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
ორლეანივით (singular)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
ორლეანისთვის (singular)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
ორლეანისებრ (singular)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
ორლეანისკენ (singular)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
ორლეანისგან (singular)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
ორლეანიდან (singular)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
ორლეანითურთ (singular)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
ორლეანამდე (singular)


პარიზი

ṗarizi (romanization)
პარიზი (nominative singular)
პარიზმა (ergative singular)
პარიზს (dative singular)
პარიზს (dative singular)
პარიზსაs) (dative singular)
პარიზსაsa) (dative singular)
პარიზის (genitive singular)
პარიზის (genitive singular)
პარიზისაs) (genitive singular)
პარიზისაsa) (genitive singular)
პარიზით (instrumental singular)
პარიზით (instrumental singular)
პარიზითაt) (instrumental singular)
პარიზითაta) (instrumental singular)
პარიზად (adverbial singular)
პარიზად (adverbial singular)
პარიზადაd) (adverbial singular)
პარიზადაda) (adverbial singular)
პარიზო (singular vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
პარიზზე (singular)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
პარიზთან (singular)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
პარიზში (singular)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
პარიზივით (singular)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
პარიზისთვის (singular)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
პარიზისებრ (singular)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
პარიზისკენ (singular)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
პარიზისგან (singular)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
პარიზიდან (singular)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
პარიზითურთ (singular)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
პარიზამდე (singular)


სტრასბურგი

sṭrasburgi (romanization)
სტრასბურგი (nominative singular)
სტრასბურგმა (ergative singular)
სტრასბურგს (dative singular)
სტრასბურგს (dative singular)
სტრასბურგსაs) (dative singular)
სტრასბურგსაsa) (dative singular)
სტრასბურგის (genitive singular)
სტრასბურგის (genitive singular)
სტრასბურგისაs) (genitive singular)
სტრასბურგისაsa) (genitive singular)
სტრასბურგით (instrumental singular)
სტრასბურგით (instrumental singular)
სტრასბურგითაt) (instrumental singular)
სტრასბურგითაta) (instrumental singular)
სტრასბურგად (adverbial singular)
სტრასბურგად (adverbial singular)
სტრასბურგადაd) (adverbial singular)
სტრასბურგადაda) (adverbial singular)
სტრასბურგო (singular vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
სტრასბურგზე (singular)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
სტრასბურგთან (singular)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
სტრასბურგში (singular)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
სტრასბურგივით (singular)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
სტრასბურგისთვის (singular)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
სტრასბურგისებრ (singular)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
სტრასბურგისკენ (singular)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
სტრასბურგისგან (singular)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
სტრასბურგიდან (singular)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
სტრასბურგითურთ (singular)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
სტრასბურგამდე (singular)

სტრას‧ბურ‧გი

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


Nouvelle Calédonie

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


Nouormandie

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


Brétangne

From Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia, of Celtic origins.

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


Saint-Germain-des-Prés

An area in Paris where a former abbey of the same name once stood


Massilia

la-proper noun

Massilia f sg (genitive Massiliae); first declension

Massiliae (genitive)
Massilia (nominative singular)
Massiliae (genitive singular)
Massiliae (dative singular)
Massiliam (accusative singular)
Massiliā (ablative singular)
Massilia (singular vocative)
Massiliae (locative singular)

English: Marseille, Massilia, marcella

French: Marseille

Italian: Marsiglia

Occitan: Marselha

Portuguese: Marselha

Spanish: Marsella

[mäs̠ˈs̠ɪlʲiä]

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

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


Lutetia

An ancient Roman city and island in modern France; modern Paris.


Lutetia

la-proper noun

Lūtētia f sg (genitive Lūtētiae); first declension

Lūtētia (canonical feminine singular)
Lūtētiae (genitive)
Lūtētia (nominative singular)
Lūtētiae (genitive singular)
Lūtētiae (dative singular)
Lūtētiam (accusative singular)
Lūtētiā (ablative singular)
Lūtētia (singular vocative)
Lūtētiae (locative singular)

Ancient Greek: Λευκετία (Leuketía)

English: Lutetia

[ɫ̪uːˈt̪eːt̪iä]

[luˈt̪ɛːt̪͡s̪iä]

From the Gaulish word for “swamp”, from Proto-Celtic *lutā (“dirt, mud”). See also Welsh lludedic (“slimy, muddy”) and Old Irish loth (“dirt”).

Lutetia (ancient Roman city and island in modern France; modern Paris)

Paris (the capital and largest city of modern France)


Bats

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


Lugdunum

Lugdūnum n sg (genitive Lugdūnī); second declension

Lugdūnum (canonical neuter singular)
Lugdūnī (genitive)
Lugdūnum (nominative singular)
Lugdūnī (genitive singular)
Lugdūnō (dative singular)
Lugdūnum (accusative singular)
Lugdūnō (ablative singular)
Lugdūnum (singular vocative)
Lugdūnī (locative singular)

French: Laon

French: Lyon

English: Lyons, Lyon

Italian: Lione

Spanish: Lyon, Lyón

→ Dutch: Leiden

→ English: Leiden

[ɫ̪ʊɡˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]

An adaptation of the Gaulish *Lugudūnon, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus (“the god Lugus”) + *dūnom.


Còrsega

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


Nismes

French: Nismes

From Old Occitan, ultimately from Latin Colonia Nemausus, from the name of a Gaulish god.


Vasconia

Vasconia f sg (genitive Vasconiae); first declension

Vasconiae (genitive)
Vasconia (nominative singular)
Vasconiae (genitive singular)
Vasconiae (dative singular)
Vasconiam (accusative singular)
Vasconiā (ablative singular)
Vasconia (singular vocative)
Vasconiae (locative singular)

desctree

Old French: Gascoigne
English: Gascony, Gascoigne
Middle French: Gascoigne
French: Gascogne
→ Swedish: Gascogne
Norman: Gascongne

From Vasconēs + -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).

(Medieval Latin) Gascony (a duchy, province, and region of France)


Dauphiné

Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphinatus.

At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.

Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161:

(historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.


Lison

en-proper noun

Lison (countable and uncountable, plural Lisons)

Multiple etymologies, including:
* French Lison, Calvados, or the Lison river, both in France
* a variant of Leyshon, from a Welsh personal name
* Slovak Lisoň
* Polish Lisoń

A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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


Rœulx

A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.


Roubaix

Roubaix, Hauts-de-France
Roubaix, South Dakota


Roubaix

Probably of Frankish origin, from *rausa (“reed”) + *baki (“brook”), from Proto-Germanic *rauzą + *bakiz. For the first element see roseau (“reed”).

Volume 24 of the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. New York, International Publishers
Extract from article “Two Model Town Councils” written by Frederick Engels, originally published in The Labour Standard No. 8 on June 25, 1881

1989, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Collected works: Marx and Engels, 1874-83, page 394

Shortly before the establishment of the Labour Standard, there was a strike of factory operatives in the town of Roubaix, close on the Belgian frontier.
(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Cahors

A town, the capital of the Lot department, Occitanie, France.


Épernay

A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France.


Nula-Kaledän

Nula-Kaledän (nominative singular)
Nula-Kaledäna (genitive singular)
Nula-Kaledäne (dative singular)
Nula-Kaledäni (accusative singular)
o Nula-Kaledän! (singular vocative)
Nula-Kaledänu (predicative singular)

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


Villard

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

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


Sèvres

[…]but at Sèvres and other places for shaping of courtly clay, the charmingest things were done,[…]

1871 June 1, John Ruskin, “Letter VI”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume I, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 9:

A town in France on the outskirts of Paris.


Sèvres

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Bretän

Bretän (nominative singular)
Bretäna (genitive singular)
Bretäne (dative singular)
Bretäni (accusative singular)
o Bretän! (singular vocative)
Bretänu (predicative singular)

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


Périgueux

A commune, the capital of the department of Dordogne, New Aquitaine, France.


Périgueux

Roman name, from Latin Petrocorii, Gaulish tribe name, from *petru (“four”) + *corii (“tribes”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores (“four”) + *koryos (“army, tribe”). Compare Old Irish cuire.

Périgueux (a commune, the capital of the department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France).


Rúðuborg

is-proper noun

Rúðuborg f (proper noun, genitive singular Rúðuborgar)

Rúðuborgar (genitive singular)
Rúðuborg (indefinite nominative singular)
Rúðuborg (accusative indefinite singular)
Rúðuborg (dative indefinite singular)
Rúðuborgar (genitive indefinite singular)


Lothringen

Lothringen (nominative singular)
Lothringen (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringenin (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringenin (genitive singular)
Lothringenia (partitive singular)
Lothringenissa (inessive singular)
Lothringenista (elative singular)
Lothringeniin (illative singular)
Lothringenilla (adessive singular)
Lothringenilta (ablative singular)
Lothringenille (allative singular)
Lothringenina (essive singular)
Lothringeniksi (singular translative)
Lothringenitta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Lothringenini (nominative singular)
Lothringenini (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringenini (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringenini (genitive singular)
Lothringeniani (partitive singular)
Lothringenissani (inessive singular)
Lothringenistani (elative singular)
Lothringeniini (illative singular)
Lothringenillani (adessive singular)
Lothringeniltani (ablative singular)
Lothringenilleni (allative singular)
Lothringeninani (essive singular)
Lothringenikseni (singular translative)
Lothringenittani (abessive singular)
Lothringenisi (nominative singular)
Lothringenisi (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringenisi (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringenisi (genitive singular)
Lothringeniasi (partitive singular)
Lothringenissasi (inessive singular)
Lothringenistasi (elative singular)
Lothringeniisi (illative singular)
Lothringenillasi (adessive singular)
Lothringeniltasi (ablative singular)
Lothringenillesi (allative singular)
Lothringeninasi (essive singular)
Lothringeniksesi (singular translative)
Lothringenittasi (abessive singular)
Lothringenimme (nominative singular)
Lothringenimme (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringenimme (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringenimme (genitive singular)
Lothringeniamme (partitive singular)
Lothringenissamme (inessive singular)
Lothringenistamme (elative singular)
Lothringeniimme (illative singular)
Lothringenillamme (adessive singular)
Lothringeniltamme (ablative singular)
Lothringenillemme (allative singular)
Lothringeninamme (essive singular)
Lothringeniksemme (singular translative)
Lothringenittamme (abessive singular)
Lothringeninne (nominative singular)
Lothringeninne (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringeninne (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringeninne (genitive singular)
Lothringenianne (partitive singular)
Lothringenissanne (inessive singular)
Lothringenistanne (elative singular)
Lothringeniinne (illative singular)
Lothringenillanne (adessive singular)
Lothringeniltanne (ablative singular)
Lothringenillenne (allative singular)
Lothringeninanne (essive singular)
Lothringeniksenne (singular translative)
Lothringenittanne (abessive singular)
Lothringeninsa (nominative singular)
Lothringeninsa (accusative nominative singular)
Lothringeninsa (accusative genitive singular)
Lothringeninsa (genitive singular)
Lothringeniaan (partitive singular)
Lothringeniansa (partitive singular)
Lothringenissaan (inessive singular)
Lothringenissansa (inessive singular)
Lothringenistaan (elative singular)
Lothringenistansa (elative singular)
Lothringeniinsa (illative singular)
Lothringenillaan (adessive singular)
Lothringenillansa (adessive singular)
Lothringeniltaan (ablative singular)
Lothringeniltansa (ablative singular)
Lothringenilleen (allative singular)
Lothringenillensa (allative singular)
Lothringeninaan (essive singular)
Lothringeninansa (essive singular)
Lothringenikseen (singular translative)
Lothringeniksensa (singular translative)
Lothringenittaan (abessive singular)
Lothringenittansa (abessive singular)

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


Lothringen

de-proper noun

Lothringen n (proper noun, genitive Lothringens or (optionally with an article) Lothringen)

Lothringens (genitive)
Lothringen (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Lutringen, derived from the genitive form of Old High German Ludher + Old High German -ing, Old High German -inga.


Брэст

be-proper noun

Брэст • (Brest) m inan (genitive Брэ́ста, uncountable, relational adjective брэ́сцкі)

Брэ́ста (genitive)
брэ́сцкі (adjective relational)
Брэст (nominative singular)
Brest (nominative singular)
Брэ́ста (genitive singular)
Брэ́сту (dative singular)
Брэст (accusative singular)
Brest (accusative singular)
Брэ́стам (instrumental singular)
Брэ́сце (locative singular)


Majoto

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

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


Atchitaine

(Jersey, historical) Aquitaine (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England)

(Jersey, historical) Aquitaine (a former province of the kingdom of France)

(Jersey, historical) Aquitaine (a former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Prowansja

Prowansja (nominative singular)
Prowansji (genitive singular)
Prowansji (dative singular)
Prowansję (accusative singular)
Prowansją (instrumental singular)
Prowansji (locative singular)
Prowansjo (singular vocative)


Narbonne

A town and commune in Aude department, Occitanie, southern France, formerly in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.


Narbonne

→ English: Narbonne

From Latin Narbō or Late Latin Narbōna (founded as the colony Narbo Martius), whence also came the Latin name for the province Gallia Narbonensis; via Ancient Greek from the name of an ancient tribe, perhaps Iberian.

Narbonne (a town and commune in Aude department, Occitanie, southern France, formerly in the Languedoc-Roussillon region)


Barr

As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.

A commune in Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.


Ports

A commune of the Indre-et-Loire department, France


Armes

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


Sorbets

Borrowed from Occitan Sorbets. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Gers

Meronym: Marsan

Sorbets (a village in the Gers department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Landes

Sorbets (a village in the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Charmes

A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.


Bretanja

Bretánja (canonical feminine)
please help by adding the tonal marks.
Bretánja (nominative singular)
Bretánje (genitive singular)
Bretánji (dative singular)
Bretánjo (accusative singular)
Bretánji (locative singular)
Bretánjo (instrumental singular)


Bordeaulx

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


Mignon

Borrowed from French Mignon.
* (surname): Occasionally of Walloon origin.

A left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Mignon

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Mignon (a left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Nisa

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


Moita

French: Moïta

A city and commune of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France


Bretaņa

Bretaņa (nominative singular)
Bretaņu (accusative singular)
Bretaņas (genitive singular)
Bretaņai (dative singular)
Bretaņu (instrumental singular)
Bretaņā (locative singular)
Bretaņa (singular vocative)

Bretaņa ir pussala, vēsturisks novads un reģions Francijas ziemeļrietumos

Brittany is a peninsula, a historical province and a region in the Northwest of France

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


Britānija

Britānija (nominative singular)
Britāniju (accusative singular)
Britānijas (genitive singular)
Britānijai (dative singular)
Britāniju (instrumental singular)
Britānijā (locative singular)
Britānija (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Russian Брита́нія (Británija), from Latin Britania.

alternative form of Bretaņa, Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Haut-Rhin

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Colmar.


Haut-Rhin

Holonym: Alsace

Meronyms: Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin, Colmar, Orbey, Kaysersberg, Ribeauvillé

Haut-Rhin (a department of Grand Est, France)


Angoumois

A former county and province of France, nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente département, with Angoulême as its capital.


Angoumois

[ɐ̃.ɡo(ʊ̯)ˈmɔɪ̯s]

[ɐ̃.ɡo(ʊ̯)ˈmɔɪ̯s]

[ɐ̃.ɡo(ʊ̯)ˈmɔɪ̯ʃ]

/ɐ̃.ɡoˈmɔjʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from French Angoumois.

ubor

Angoumois (a former county and province of France)


Эльзас

be-proper noun

Эльза́с • (Elʹzás) m inan (genitive Эльза́са, uncountable, relational adjective эльза́скі)

Эльза́с (canonical)
Elʹzás (romanization)
Эльза́са (genitive)
эльза́скі (adjective relational)
Эльза́с (nominative singular)
Эльза́са (genitive singular)
Эльза́су (dative singular)
Эльза́с (accusative singular)
Эльза́сам (instrumental singular)
Эльза́се (locative singular)

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)


Эльзас

ru-proper noun+

Эльза́с • (Elʹzás) m inan (genitive Эльза́са, relational adjective эльза́сский)

Эльза́с (canonical)
Elʹzás (romanization)
Эльза́са (genitive)
эльза́сский (adjective relational)
Эльза́с (nominative singular)
Эльза́са (genitive singular)
Эльза́су (dative singular)
Эльза́с (accusative singular)
Эльза́сом (instrumental singular)
Эльза́се (prepositional singular)

→ Armenian: Էլզաս (Ēlzas)

Эльза́съ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Elʹzás — Šampánʹ — Ardɛ́nny — Lotaríngija

Эльза́с — Шампа́нь — Арде́нны — Лотари́нгия


Rijsel

From Middle Dutch ijssel (“small island, islet”), calque of Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), itself from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”). The word has undergone resegmentation, like its French counterpart: ter ijsel (“at the islet”) was resegmented into te Rijsel.

inh

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


Аквитания

ru-proper noun+

аквита́нский

Аквита́ния • (Akvitánija) f inan (genitive Аквита́нии, relational adjective аквита́нский)

Аквита́ния (canonical)
Akvitánija (romanization)
Аквита́нии (genitive)
аквита́нский (adjective relational)
Аквита́ния (nominative singular)
Аквита́нии (genitive singular)
Аквита́нии (dative singular)
Аквита́нию (accusative singular)
Аквита́нией (instrumental singular)
Аквита́ниею (instrumental singular)
Аквита́нии (prepositional singular)

ru:Аквитания (регион)

Аквита́нія — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


Ардеш

Арде́ш//Ardɛ́š

Арде́ш • (Ardɛ́š) m inan (genitive Арде́ша)

Арде́ш (canonical)
Ardɛ́š (romanization)
Арде́ша (genitive)
Арде́ш (nominative singular)
Арде́ша (genitive singular)
Арде́шу (dative singular)
Арде́ш (accusative singular)
Арде́шем (instrumental singular)
Арде́ше (prepositional singular)

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


Авиньон

авиньо́нский

Авиньо́н • (Avinʹón) m inan (genitive Авиньо́на, relational adjective авиньо́нский)

Авиньо́н (canonical)
Avinʹón (romanization)
Авиньо́на (genitive)
авиньо́нский (adjective relational)
Авиньо́н (nominative singular)
Авиньо́на (genitive singular)
Авиньо́ну (dative singular)
Авиньо́н (accusative singular)
Авиньо́ном (instrumental singular)
Авиньо́не (prepositional singular)

[ɐvʲɪˈnʲjɵn]

Avignon (a city and commune of the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France)

Авиньо́нъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


Овернь

Ове́рнь//Ovɛ́rnʹ

Ове́рнь • (Ovɛ́rnʹ) f inan (genitive Ове́рни, relational adjective ове́рнский)

Ове́рнь (canonical)
Ovɛ́rnʹ (romanization)
Ове́рни (genitive)
ове́рнский (adjective relational)
Ове́рнь (nominative singular)
Ове́рни (genitive singular)
Ове́рни (dative singular)
Ове́рнь (accusative singular)
Ове́рнью (instrumental singular)
Ове́рни (prepositional singular)

Auvergne (a former region and historical province of France)


Borgoña

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)


Pays Bastchais

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_region

(Jersey) Basque Country (a region that straddles the border of Spain and France)


Hautefort

Hautefort (a town and commune of the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


アキテーヌ

Aquitaine (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England)

Aquitaine (a former province of the kingdom of France)

Aquitaine (a former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


アヴィニョン

[a̠bʲiɲ̟õ̞ɴ]


Tully

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


Paríž

sk-proper noun

Paríž m inan (genitive singular Paríža, declension pattern of stroj)

Paríža (genitive singular)
stroj (declension-pattern-of)
Paríž (nominative singular-only)
Paríža (genitive singular-only)
Parížu (dative singular-only)
Paríž (accusative singular-only)
Paríži (locative singular-only)
Parížom (instrumental singular-only)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Bretanha

From Latin Britannia, from Ancient Greek Πρεττανια (Prettania).

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


Bretanha

/bɾeˈtɐ̃.ɲɐ/

/bɾeˈtɐ̃.ɲɐ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Bretanha, from Latin Britannia, from Ancient Greek Πρεττανια (Prettania). Compare Galician Bretaña.


Mamudzo

Mamoudzou (the capital city of the overseas department of Mayotte, France)


Bourgouongne

From Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”) (compare French Bourgogne), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

der

(Jersey) 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)


Champangne

Borrowed from French Champagne, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus (“plain, field”).

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


Cornouaille

Inherited from Middle French Cornuaille, from Old French Cornuaille, from Early Medieval Latin Cornugallēnsis, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, corresponding to Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw + the Germanic wealas (“Romans, Celts”) (see wealh). More at Cornouaille.


Cotentîn

the Cotentin Peninsula (a peninsula in Normandy, northern France)


Savouaie

(Jersey) (historical) Savoy (a historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland)


Polynésie Française

(Jersey) # French Polynesia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Saint-Pièrre et Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon#English

(Jersey) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (two islands constituting an overseas territory of France near Newfoundland)


Guyane Française

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


Britaan

Britaan (mutation mutation-radical)
Vritaan (lenition mutation)
Mritaan (eclipsis mutation)


Burgoon

Yn Vurgoon (canonical feminine)
Burgoon (mutation mutation-radical)
Vurgoon (lenition mutation)
Murgoon (eclipsis mutation)


Bergerac

A city in the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Bergerac

From the Old French and Frankish form Bragayrac, from Vulgar Latin *Bracariacum, a diminutive of the Latin or Gaulish name *Braccius, which could have evolved in meaning from bracchium (“arm”).

Bergerac (a city in the Dordogne department, France)


Angoulême

Holonym: Angoumois

A city, the capital of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Angoulême

Holonym: Angoumois

Angoulême (a city in the Charente department, France)


Barcelonnette

Barcelonnette (a small alpine town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Antibes

Antibes (a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)


Digione

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


Modane

A small town in the Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Île d'Rêunion

(Jersey) 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)


Grand

en-proper noun

Grand (countable and uncountable, plural Grands)

A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.


Marais

From marais, from it formerly being a swampy area.


Орлеан

ru-proper noun+

Орлеа́н • (Orleán) m inan (genitive Орлеа́на)

Орлеа́н (canonical)
Orleán (romanization)
Орлеа́на (genitive)
Орлеа́н (nominative singular)
Орлеа́на (genitive singular)
Орлеа́ну (dative singular)
Орлеа́н (accusative singular)
Орлеа́ном (instrumental singular)
Орлеа́не (prepositional singular)

Орлеа́нъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


Passy

A neighbourhood of Paris, France, formerly a commune.


Passy

→ English: Passy

→ Russian: Пасси́ (Passí)

Passy (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Nanterre

/nɒ̃ˈtɛə(ɹ)/

Borrowed from French Nanterre, from Latin Nemetodurum, from Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary”) and Gaulish *durom (“door”), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.

A city in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France


Nanterre

LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Bastenbas (Lingua))-Nanterre.wav

From the Roman name, Latin Nemetodurum, a Gaulish name from Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary”) and Gaulish *durom (“door”) (the second element found also in Augustodurum), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.

Nanterre (a city in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France)


Ródano

Rhone (a river in Switzerland and France)


Ródano

Rhone (a river in France and Switzerland)


Normandía

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


Marsejlo

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


Córcega

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


Հավր

Havr (romanization)
Հավր (nominative singular singular-only)
Հավրի (dative singular singular-only)
Հավրից (ablative singular singular-only)
Հավրով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Հավրում (locative singular singular-only)
Հավրը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Հավրն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Հավրին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Հավրս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Հավրիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Հավրիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Հավրովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Հավրումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Հավրդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Հավրիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Հավրիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Հավրովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Հավրումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Հավրերը/Հավրերն


Կանն

Kann (romanization)
Կանն (nominative singular singular-only)
Կաննի (dative singular singular-only)
Կաննից (ablative singular singular-only)
Կաննով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Կաննում (locative singular singular-only)
Կաննը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Կաննն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Կաննին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Կաննս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Կաննիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Կաննիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Կաննովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Կաննումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Կաննդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կաննիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կաննիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կաննովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կաննումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

Կանները/Կաններն


Loir

A left tributary of the Sarthe in Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire, France, indirectly a tributary of the Loire.


Loir

The Loir (a left tributary of the Sarthe in Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire, France)


トゥールーズ

ja-pos

トゥールーズ • (Tūrūzu)

[tɯ̟ːɾɯ̟ːzɨ]

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Ստրասբուրգ

head

Ստրասբուրգ • (Strasburg)

hy-proper noun

Ստրասբուրգ • (Strasburg)

Strasburg (romanization)
Ստրասբուրգ (nominative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգի (dative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգից (ablative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգում (locative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ստրասբուրգումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Ստրասբուրգը/Ստրասբուրգն

Ստրասբուրգներ

Ստրասբուրգները/Ստրասբուրգներն

Ստրասբուրգին

Ստրասբուրգների

Ստրասբուրգներին

Ստրասբուրգից

Ստրասբուրգներից

Ստրասբուրգով

Ստրասբուրգներով

Ստրասբուրգում

Ստրասբուրգներում

Ստրասբուրգներս

Ստրասբուրգիս

Ստրասբուրգներիս

Ստրասբուրգիցս

Ստրասբուրգներիցս

Ստրասբուրգովս

Ստրասբուրգներովս

Ստրասբուրգումս

Ստրասբուրգներումս

Ստրասբուրգներդ

Ստրասբուրգիդ

Ստրասբուրգներիդ

Ստրասբուրգիցդ

Ստրասբուրգներիցդ

Ստրասբուրգովդ

Ստրասբուրգներովդ

Ստրասբուրգումդ

Ստրասբուրգներումդ

[əstɾɑspʰúɾkʰ]

Hy-am-Սստրասբուրգ.ogg

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

hy:Ստրասբուրգ


Ermont

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


Marmande

A town and commune in Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Yerres

A town and commune of the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France, near Paris


Avinhão

/a.vĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[a.vĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/a.vĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[a.vĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.viˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.viˈɲɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.viˈɲɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.biˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βiˈɲɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from French Avignon, Occitan Avinhon.

Avignon (a city in the Vaucluse department, France)


Bordéus

From Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

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


Alsácia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

q

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)


Loudun

A small town in Poitou-Charentes, France


Borgonha

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)


Borgonha

[boɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[boɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[boɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[boʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]


Marquise

A small town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France


São Pedro e Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (an overseas territory of France)


Nova Caledónia

[ˈnɔ.βɐ kɐ.lɨˈðɔ.njɐ]

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


Wallis e Futuna

Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna#English

Wallis and Futuna (an overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Siegen

A commune in Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France.


Siegen

de-proper noun

Siegen n (proper noun, genitive Siegens or (optionally with an article) Siegen)

Siegens (genitive)
Siegen (genitive with-article)

From Old High German Sigena, from the same source as the river name Sieg.

A commune in Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France


Lay

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Lee.
* As a Scottish surname, reduced from McClay.
* As a Khmer surname, Khmer ឡាយ (laay).
* As a French surname, from several place names in France. The river is from Medieval Latin Ledius.
* As a German surname, from various placenames in Bavaria and Rhineland.


Dauphin

A commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Dauphin

→ English: Dauphin

From dauphin
* (Dauphin, MB, CA): Named after the French monarchal title, the heir to the French throne.

Dauphin (a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Dauphin (a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States)


Ranskan Guayana

Ranskan Guayana (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayana (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanan (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanan (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaa (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassa (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanasta (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaan (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanalla (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanalta (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanalle (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayanana (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaksi (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Ranskan Guayanani (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanani (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanani (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanani (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaani (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassani (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanastani (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaani (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallani (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltani (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanalleni (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayananani (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanakseni (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanattani (abessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanasi (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanasi (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanasi (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanasi (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaasi (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassasi (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanastasi (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaasi (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallasi (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltasi (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallesi (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayananasi (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaksesi (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanattasi (abessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanamme (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanamme (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanamme (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanamme (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaamme (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassamme (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanastamme (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaamme (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallamme (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltamme (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallemme (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayananamme (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaksemme (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanattamme (abessive singular)
Ranskan Guayananne (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayananne (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayananne (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayananne (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaanne (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassanne (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanastanne (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaanne (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallanne (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltanne (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallenne (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayanananne (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaksenne (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanattanne (abessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanansa (nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanansa (accusative nominative singular)
Ranskan Guayanansa (accusative genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanansa (genitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaansa (partitive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassaan (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanassansa (inessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanastaan (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanastansa (elative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaansa (illative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallaan (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanallansa (adessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltaan (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanaltansa (ablative singular)
Ranskan Guayanalleen (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayanallensa (allative singular)
Ranskan Guayananaan (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayananansa (essive singular)
Ranskan Guayanakseen (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanaksensa (singular translative)
Ranskan Guayanattaan (abessive singular)
Ranskan Guayanattansa (abessive singular)

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


馬賽

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹/

/maː¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁴¹/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai¹¹/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹/

/maː¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

/mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁴¹/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai¹¹/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai²¹/

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


Choiseul

A commune of the Haute-Marne department, France


Belleville

en-proper noun

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.


Gilette

A commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, France


Norrois

A commune of the Marne department, France


Housset

A commune of the Aisne department, France


Unchair

A commune of the Marne department, France.


Peillonnex

A commune of the Haute-Savoie department, France


Uckange

A commune of the Moselle department, France


Èze

A commune in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Zimming

A village and commune of the Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Gars

French, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *kar, *gar (“big rock”), referring to the geography, probably from the same ultimate origin as Welsh craig (“cliff, rock”).


Chargé

A commune of the Indre-et-Loire department, France


Neulette

A commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, France


Œuilly

Œuilly (a commune of the Aisne department, France)

Œuilly (a commune of the Marne department, France)


Carros

Borrowed from French Carros, itself from Occitan Carròs.

A town and commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Carros

→ English: Carros

→ Ukrainian: Каррос (Karros)

Holonym: Alpes-Maritimes

Carros (a town and commune of Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Fontan

A commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, France.


Wissant

From French Wissant, from Dutch wit zand (literally “white sand”).


Парыж

be-noun

Пары́ж • (Parýž) m inan (genitive Пары́жа, uncountable, relational adjective пары́жскі)

Пары́ж (canonical)
Parýž (romanization)
Пары́жа (genitive)
пары́жскі (adjective relational)
Пары́ж (nominative singular)
Пары́жа (genitive singular)
Пары́жу (dative singular)
Пары́ж (accusative singular)
Пары́жам (instrumental singular)
Пары́жы (locative singular)


Clermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

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

A commune of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

A commune of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Douai

From French Douai, from Medieval Latin Duacum, from the Gaulish personal name Dous + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).

A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.


과들루프 섬

Guadeloupe (an overseas department of France)


Ba Lê

[ʔɓaː˧˧ le˧˧]

[ʔɓaː˧˧ lej˧˧]

[ʔɓaː˧˧ lej˧˧]

Luân Đôn và Ba Lê
London and Paris

(obsolete) Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Concordia

58 Concordia
Concordia
Concordia (mythology)

A town on Saint Martin, part of a Caribbean island that belongs to France.


Mác-xây

[maːk̚˧˦ səj˧˧]

[maːk̚˦˧˥ səj˧˧]

[maːk̚˦˥ səj˧˧]

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


Pa-ri

[paː˧˧ ɹi˧˧]

[paː˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]

[paː˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]

Hiệp định Pa-ri


Lillo

French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

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


Седан

ru-proper noun+

Седа́н • (Sedán) m inan (genitive Седа́на)

Седа́н (canonical)
Sedán (romanization)
Седа́на (genitive)
Седа́н (nominative singular)
Седа́на (genitive singular)
Седа́ну (dative singular)
Седа́н (accusative singular)
Седа́ном (instrumental singular)
Седа́не (prepositional singular)


Beauval

Beauval (a town in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Beauval

→ English: Beauval


Aquitânia

(historical) Aquitaine (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England)

(historical) Aquitaine (a former province of the kingdom of France)

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


רון

he-proper noun

רוֹן • (ron)

Rhone (A river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea)


Nêustria

(historical) Neustria (a historical region in northeastern France)


Acádia

(historical) Acadia (a colony of France in North America)


Marques

A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.


칸

Cannes (a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.

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

A commune in Eure department, Normandy, France.


Boyer

en-proper noun

Boyer (countable and uncountable, plural Boyers)

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


諾曼底

ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄉㄧˇ

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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


Saintonge

A former province of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.


Saintonge

English: Saintonge

From Middle French Xaintonge, from Old French Xainctonge, from Latin Santones, from Ancient Greek Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες (Sántones, Sántonoi, Sántōnes), a Celtic tribe that lived in the region of Xainctonge and the settlement of Xainctes (now Saintes, France).

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Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες

Saintonge (a former province of France), whose capital was the city of Saintes


Terra de Adélie

Adélie Land (a territory of France in Antarctica)


Niort

A commune, the capital of the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in western France.


Ardecha

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


Ardecha

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


Alsacia

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”).


Boulogne

From French Boulogne, from Latin Bonōnia. Doublet of Boleyn and Bologna.

A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France


Boulogne

Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Mer (a coastal city and commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Fontainebleau

A town in the metropolitan area of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France, home to a royal French palace.


Gascuña

Meronyms: Bigorra, Cominges, Couserans


Guayana Francesa

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


Ley

A commune of the Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France


Ley

English: Ley

Ley (a commune of the Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France)


אוד

Aude (a river in the Aude department, France)

Aude (a department of Occitanie, France)


San Pedro y Miquelón

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (an overseas territory of France)


Marsella

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


Marsella

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Ultimately from Latin Massilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía). See French Marseille for more information.


Golden Triangle

ရွှေတြိဂံ

region of prosperity bounded by three points

Any region of prosperity, influence, etc. bounded by three points.

An area in Paris, France, located between Avenue Montaigne, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, and Avenue George V.


Alpes Marítimos

Alpes-Maritimes (a department of France)


Sancerre

A commune and canton in the eastern part of the Loire valley in Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Monoblet

A commune of the Gard department, France


Isle

A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.


Isle

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Paradou

A small town and commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Rambouillet

A commune and subprefecture in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France.


Gratianopolis

la-proper noun

Grātiānopolis f sg (genitive Grātiānopolis or Grātiānopoleos); third declension

Grātiānopolis (canonical feminine singular)
Grātiānopolis (genitive)
Grātiānopoleos (genitive)
Grātiānopolis (nominative singular)
Grātiānopolis (genitive singular)
Grātiānopoleos (genitive singular)
Grātiānopolī (dative singular)
Grātiānopolim (accusative singular)
Grātiānopolin (accusative singular)
Grātiānopolī (ablative singular)
Grātiānopolis (singular vocative)
Grātiānopolī (singular vocative)
Grātiānopolī (locative singular)

Old Occitan: Graçanòbol

Occitan: Grenòble

French: Grenoble

Arpitan: Grenoblo

Old Arpitan: Grainovol

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Franco-Provençal: Grainóvol (rare, replaced by Grenoblo in most dialects)

[ɡräːt̪iäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]

From Grātiānus (“Gratian”) + -polis. Gratian's name is from gratia (“favor, esteem”).

(Late Latin) Grenoble (a city in modern France)


Brigantium

la-proper noun

Brigantium n sg (genitive Brigantiī or Brigantī); second declension

Brigantiī (genitive)
Brigantī (genitive)
Brigantium (nominative singular)
Brigantiī (genitive singular)
Brigantī (genitive singular)
Brigantiō (dative singular)
Brigantium (accusative singular)
Brigantiō (ablative singular)
Brigantium (singular vocative)
Brigantiī (locative singular)

French: Briançon

desctree

German: Bregenz
→ English: Bregenz
→ French: Brégence

[brɪˈɡän̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]

From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts, from the root *bʰerǵʰ-.


Vesontio

la-proper noun

Vesontiō f sg (genitive Vesontiōnis); third declension

Vesontiō (canonical feminine singular)
Vesontiōnis (genitive)
Vesontiō (nominative singular)
Vesontiōnis (genitive singular)
Vesontiōnī (dative singular)
Vesontiōnem (accusative singular)
Vesontiōne (ablative singular)
Vesontiō (singular vocative)
Vesontiōnī (locative singular)
Vesontiōne (locative singular)

French: Besançon

[u̯ɛˈs̠ɔn̪t̪ioː]

Probably of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *wes, *ves (“mountain”) (compare the first element of Vesuvius), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wer- (“highland, high”).


Aleria

Aleria f sg (genitive Aleriae); first declension

Aleriae (genitive)
Aleria (nominative singular)
Aleriae (genitive singular)
Aleriae (dative singular)
Aleriam (accusative singular)
Aleriā (ablative singular)
Aleria (singular vocative)
Aleriae (locative singular)

From Ancient Greek Ἀλερία (Alería), from Ἀλαλίη (Alalíē).


Valentia

Valentia f sg (genitive Valentiae); first declension

Valentiae (genitive)
Valentia (nominative singular)
Valentiae (genitive singular)
Valentiae (dative singular)
Valentiam (accusative singular)
Valentiā (ablative singular)
Valentia (singular vocative)
Valentiae (locative singular)

desctree

Catalan: València
→ Basque: Valentzia
→ Chinese: 瓦倫西亞／瓦伦西亚 (Wǎlúnxīyà)
→ Dutch: Valencia
→ English: Valencia
→ Galician: Valencia
→ German: Valencia, Valentz
→ Italian: Valencia
→ Portuguese: Valência
→ Spanish: Valencia, Val. (abbreviation)
→ Cebuano: Valencia
→ Chinese: 巴倫西亞／巴伦西亚 (Bālúnxīyà)
→ Tagalog: Valencia
→ Turkish: Valensiya

Corsican: Valenza

French: Valence

Italian: Valenza

Portuguese: Valença

[u̯äˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]

From valentia (“competence, power, vigor”).

The name of several settlements in the Roman world, including:

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


Périgord

A region and former province of France, corresponding roughly to the modern Dordogne.


Jablines

Jablines (a small commune of the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Olivet

A town in Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire.

A town in Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire.


Villefort

Villefort (a village and commune of the Aude department, Occitanie, France)

Villefort (a village and commune of the Lozère department, Occitanie, France)


Courcy

A commune of the Calvados department, France

A commune of the Manche department, France

A commune of the Marne department, France


Carteret

A former commune and a ferry port (for the Channel Islands) in Manche department, Normandy, France, now part of Barneville-Carteret.


Frontenac

A commune in Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

A place in France:
A commune in Lot department, Occitanie.


Burgoyne

→? Irish: Burgúin

→ Middle Welsh: Bwrgwyn, Byrgwyn

Welsh: Bwrgwyn

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman Borgoigne, from Late Latin Burgundia. For the phonological development, compare caroyne.

Burgundy (a region, kingdom, and duchy in France).


Blois

A city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Blois

Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”).

Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Villiers

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

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


Villiers

English: Villiers

Afrikaans: Villiers

A placename
A number of communes in France


Montcalm

A small hamlet near the commune of Vauvert, Gard department, France.


Artois

A former region in France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.


Jacou

A small town and commune of the Hérault department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France


Taninges

Taninges (a town and commune of the Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Parisi

→ Italian: Parisi

From Latin Parisii (“The Parisii, a Celtic tribe”).

bor

Paris (the capital and largest city of France).

(metonymically) The government of France.


Joinville

A commune of the Haute-Marne department, France.


La Mort aux Juifs

Literally, “Death to the Jews”. It seems likely that the name is a corruption of some older name (albeit surely not an entirely accidental corruption). One theory derives it from an underlying la mare au juin (“the liquid manure pond”).

A former hamlet in the commune of Courtemaux, Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York

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


Montauban

A commune, the capital of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Montauban

From the Medieval name, Medieval Latin mōns albanus, "white mount".

Montauban (a town and commune, the prefecture of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Vendôme

A town and commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Vendôme

Vendôme (a town and commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Wavrin

A town and municipality of Nord, Hauts-de-France, France.


Wavrin

→ English: Wavrin

Wavrin (a town and municipality of the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Châtellerault

Châtellerault (a town and commune of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Feurs

A small town and commune of the Loire department, Rhône-Alpes, France


Sospel

A small town and commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Tourcoing

A city in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Tourcoing

"Corner tower," from tour + coin (“corner, wedge”).

A town and commune of the Nord department, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France


Roussillon

Borrowed from French Roussillon, from Latin Ruscinō, Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.

A region of Occitanie, France, approximately coterminous with Pyrénées-Orientales, that was once a part of Catalonia.


Roussillon

English: Roussillon

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→ Chinese: → 魯西永／鲁西永 (Lǔxīyǒng) (transliteration)

From Latin Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.
The municipality of Québec is named after the Régiment Royal-Roussillon infantry regiment. The regiment was stationed in the territory in the winter of 1758 - 1759.

Meronym: Perpignan

Roussillon (a region of Occitanie, France)

A village in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

A village in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.