Alençon

/ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/

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


Alençon

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


Saint-Pierre

/ˌsæ̃ piˈɛə(ɹ)/

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


Bruges

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

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


Abbeville

From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.

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


Abbeville

→ English: Abbeville

→ Portuguese: Abbeville


Abbeville

[ɐ.βɨˈβi.lɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from French Abbeville.


Clara

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

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


Vernon

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

A town in the Eure department, Normandy, France.


Gap

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

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


Gap

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


Orange

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

der

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


Orange

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


Tulle

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

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


Valence

Borrowed from French Valence. Doublet of Valencia.

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


Valence

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

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

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


Mâcon

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

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

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

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


Albi

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


Vichy

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

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

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


Vichy

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


Vichy

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

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


Calais

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


Munster

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

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


Munster

→ English: Munster

Borrowed from German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

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


Dunkirk

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

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


Dieppe

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

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


Dieppe

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


Konk-Kerne

→ French: Concarneau

Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed

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


Lourdes

From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.

A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage.


Valenciennes

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


Cherbourg

Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.

A coastal town in the Manche department, Normandy, France


Vannes

A town, the capital of the Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Lorient

A coastal town in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Lorient

Inherited from Old French l' + oriant. Found in Breton as An Oriant.


Sauzet

Sauzet (a town in Languedoc-Roussillon, France)


Balzac

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Balzac (a town and commune of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Angles

Les Angles (a town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Albertville

A town in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, named after Charles Albert of Sardinia.


Albertville

Unadapted borrowing from French Albertville.

ubor

Albertville (a town in the Savoie department, France)


Chamonix

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


Chamonix

From earlier Chamouni, from the Roman name, Latin campus munitus (“fortified field”).


Auch

Borrowed from Gascon Aush, derived from Latin Elimberrum Ausciorum Augusta, Augusta Auscorum or Civitas Ausciorum, from Latin Ausci.

der+

Auch (a town and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)


Granville

A small town and commune of the Manche department, Normandy, France


Elna

Inherited from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Holonym: Rosselló

Elne (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Pia

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


Arches

Arches (a small town and commune of the Vosges department, Grand Est, France)


Aiton

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


Bayeux

A town in northern Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.


Agda

Borrowed from French Agde or Occitan Agde.

Agde (a town in Hérault, Occitanie, France)


Quiberon

A town and coastal resort in Brittany, France.


Chablis

A town in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


Duinkerke

From duin (“dune”) + kerke (“church”, variant of kerk).

com

variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">kerk</i>

Dunkirk (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Ammerschwihr

Ammerschwihr (a small town and commune of the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, Alsace, France, near the large town of Colmar)


Brunstatt

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


Brunstatt

de-proper noun

Brunstatt n (proper noun, strong, genitive Brunstatts)


Claira

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


Claira

English: Claira

Borrowed from Catalan Clairà. Clayra attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Hinige

(Alsatian) Huningue (a town in Alsace, France)


Anjou

A town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Quimper

A town, the capital of the Finistère department, Brittany, France.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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”).


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)


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)


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.


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”).


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.


Tec

town of the Vallespir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


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)


Ceret

French: Céret

Holonym: Vallespir

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


Sant Llorenç de Cerdans

Vila of the Vallespir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


Matamala

town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


Prats de Molló i la Presta

ca-proper noun

Prats de Molló i la Presta m pl (plural only)


Font-rabiosa

→ French: Fontrabiouse

Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia#English

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


Formiguera

town and capital of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in 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)


Saint-Denis

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

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


Saint-Denis

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)


Mesa

→ French: Mèze

Mèze (a town in the Hérault department, France)


Bastia

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


Chartres

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

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

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)


Cahors

A town, the capital of the Lot department, Occitanie, 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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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)


Hautefort

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


Modane

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


Ermont

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


Yerres

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


Marmande

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


Loudun

A small town in Poitou-Charentes, France


Marquise

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


Concordia

58 Concordia
Concordia
Concordia (mythology)

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


Fontainebleau

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


Paradou

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


Olivet

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

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A town in Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire.


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)


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

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

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


Alès

English: Alès

Borrowed from Occitan Alès. Alais attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Alès (a town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Alès

French: Alès


Arbois

Arbois (a small town and commune of the Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Montrouge

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A town and commune of the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France


Lure

First mentioned in 817 as Luterhaa. Of unclear origin, with proposals including:
* Celtic origin and derived from Gaulish *lautro, from Proto-Celtic *lautros.
* Late Latin lŭtra (“otter”)
* Of Germanic origin, such as being named after Lothair II of Lotharingia, from Frankish *Hlūdhari; or from Old High German hlutar (“limpid, clear”), as the area was known to have many Germanic speakers.

der

A small town and commune of the Haute-Saône department, Franche-Comté, France


Sète

Borrowed from French Sète (from Occitan Seta).

A commune and town in Hérault department, Occitanie, France, previously in Languedoc-Roussillon.


Sète

Sète (a commune and town in Hérault department, Occitanie, France, previously in Languedoc-Roussillon)


Champtocé-sur-Loire

A small town and commune of the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France


Le Lude

A small town and commune of the Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France


Malicorne-sur-Sarthe

A town and commune of the Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France


Saumur

A town in the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France


La Roche-sur-Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon#English

La Roche-sur-Yon (a town and commune of the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France)


La Mure

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


Trappes

A town and commune in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France


Trappes

From earlier forms Trapes, Trappe, from Middle French Trapas, from earlier Trapes, from Old French Trapis, from Medieval Latin Trappas, villa trapas, Villatrapas; all ultimately from Old French trape (“trap”), referring to wildlife traps set in the surrounding land.

A town and commune of the Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France


Vasio

la-proper noun

Vasiō m sg (genitive Vasiōnis); third declension

Vasiō (canonical masculine singular)
Vasiōnis (genitive)
Vasiō (nominative singular)
Vasiōnis (genitive singular)
Vasiōnī (dative singular)
Vasiōnem (accusative singular)
Vasiōne (ablative singular)
Vasiō (singular vocative)
Vasiōnī (locative singular)
Vasiōne (locative singular)

French: Vaison

Holonym: Vallis Clausa

Vaison-la-Romaine (a town in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Tancarville

A small town in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy


Le Touquet

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

A coastal town in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France. Official name: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.


楓丹白露

ㄈㄥ ㄉㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ

Фэнданьбайлу

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ taːn⁵⁵ paːk̚² lou̯²²/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ taːn⁵⁵ paːk̚² lou̯²²/

Phono-semantic matching of French Fontainebleau.

psm

Fontainebleau (a town in the metropolitan area of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Châtelperron

Châtelperron (a small town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Denney

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

A town in the Territoire de Belfort department, France.


Guise

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

A town in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France


Zillisheim

A small town and commune of the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France


Zonza

A town and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France


Zuydcoote

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


Zutkerque

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


Yébleron

A small town and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France


Ychoux

A small town and commune of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Ydes

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


Yenne

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


Yèvres

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


Yffiniac

A town and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France


Espeleta

Espelette (a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)


Roberval

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


Hendaya

Hendaye (a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)


Hendaia

Hendaia (absolutive indefinite)
Hendaiak (ergative indefinite)
Hendaiari (dative indefinite)
Hendaiaren (genitive indefinite)
Hendaiarekin (comitative indefinite)
Hendaiarengatik (causative indefinite)
Hendaiarentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Hendaiaz (indefinite instrumental)
Hendaian (indefinite inessive)
Hendaiako (indefinite locative)
Hendaiara (allative indefinite)
Hendaiaraino (indefinite terminative)
Hendaiarantz (directive indefinite)
Hendaiarako (destinative indefinite)
Hendaiatik (ablative indefinite)
Hendaiarik (indefinite partitive)
Hendaiatzat (indefinite prolative)

Hendaye (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Hendaye

A town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Nevirnum

la-proper noun

Nevirnum n sg (genitive Nevirnī); second declension

Nevirnī (genitive)
Nevirnum (nominative singular)
Nevirnī (genitive singular)
Nevirnō (dative singular)
Nevirnum (accusative singular)
Nevirnō (ablative singular)
Nevirnum (singular vocative)
Nevirnī (locative singular)

French: Nevers, Nivernais

A town of the Aedui in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Nevers


Rivesaltes

Borrowed from French Rivesaltes, from Catalan Ribesaltes.

A town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie


Rivesaltes

English: Rivesaltes

Borrowed from Catalan Ribesaltes. Riveſaltes attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Rivesaltes (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Les Herbiers

A town and commune of the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France


Saint-Tropez

A town, port and seaside resort on the French Riviera, in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Ἀντίπολις

grc-proper noun

Ἀντῐ́πολῐς • (Antípolis) f (genitive Ἀντῐπόλεως); third declension

Ἀντῐ́πολῐς (canonical)
Antípolis (romanization)
Ἀντῐπόλεως (genitive)
ἡ Ἀντῐ́πολῐς (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἀντῐπόλεως (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἀντῐπόλει (dative singular)
τὴν Ἀντῐ́πολῐν (accusative singular)
Ἀντῐ́πολῐ (singular vocative)

Greek: Αντίπολη (Antípoli)

Latin: Antipolis

From ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (antí, “opposite”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

af

Antibes (a town on the Côte d'Azur in Alpes-Maritimes department, France).


Saint-Saëns

Sidonius (Irish saint)
fr:Camille Saint-Saëns
fr:Saint-Saëns (Seine-Maritime)

Saint-Saëns (a small town and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France)


Beaujeu

Possibly from Latin bellum iugum (“beautiful summit”).

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


Merinhac

→ French: Mérignac

Holonym: Gironda

Mérignac (a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Montrichard

Montrichard-Val de Cher
Montrichard-Val de Cher

Montrichard (a town and former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France, merged into Montrichard-Val de Cher)


Grasse

en-proper-noun

Grasse (countable and uncountable, plural Grasses)

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


Grasse

English: Grasse

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


Pamiers

Pamiers (a town, a commune of the Ariège department, in the Occitanie region, in southern France)


Saurat

Saurat (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Seix

Seix (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Eycheil

Eycheil (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Encourtiech

Encourtiech (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Engomer

Engomer (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Auzas

Auzas (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Proupiary

Proupiary (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Montesquieu-Avantès

Montesquieu-Avantès (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Laroque-de-Fa

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Laroque-de-Fa (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Val-du-Faby

Holonym: Aude

Meronyms: Fa, Rouvenac

Val-du-Faby (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Lieoux

Lieoux (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Arnaud-Guilhem

Arnaud-Guilhem (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Sepx

Sepx (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

/ˌsæ̃ piˈɛə(ɹ)deɪ ˈkɔː(ɹ)/

Borrowed from French Saint-Pierre-des-Corps.

A commune and town in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Վիշի

head

Վիշի • (Viši)

hy-proper noun

Վիշի • (Viši)

Viši (romanization)
Վիշի (nominative singular singular-only)
Վիշիի (dative singular singular-only)
Վիշիից (ablative singular singular-only)
Վիշիով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Վիշիում (locative singular singular-only)
Վիշին (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Վիշիին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Վիշիս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Վիշիիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Վիշիիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Վիշիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Վիշիումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Վիշիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վիշիիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վիշիիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վիշիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վիշիումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Վիշիները/Վիշիներն


Peyrehorade

A town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Peyrehorade

→ English: Peyrehorade

Peyrehorade (a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Saint-Girons

Holonym: Couserans

A town in the Ariège department, France.


Saint-Girons

→ English: Saint-Girons

/sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/

Borrowed from Occitan Sant Gironç/Sent Gironç.

bor+

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Aulot, Beauregard, Bentaillou, Encausse, Gélach, Lédar, Magarat, Mis, Pégoumas, Sières, Ventefarine

Saint-Girons (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Սևր

Sewr (romanization)
Սևր (nominative singular singular-only)
Սևրի (dative singular singular-only)
Սևրից (ablative singular singular-only)
Սևրով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Սևրում (locative singular singular-only)
Սևրը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Սևրն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Սևրին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Սևրս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Սևրիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Սևրիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Սևրովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Սևրումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Սևրդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևրիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևրիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևրովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևրումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Սևրերը/Սևրերն


Fouenant

→ French: Fouesnant

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


Fouesnant

Borrowed from French Fouesnant, itself from Breton Fouenant.

A town in the Finistère department, Brittany, France.


Fouesnant

→ English: Fouesnant


Chambord

/ʃɒ̃ˈbɔː(ɹ)/

Borrowed from French Chambord, from Latin Camboricum.

A commune and town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Segré

A town and former commune in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, now in Segré-en-Anjou Bleu commune.


Fougères

A town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.


Fougères

→ English: Fougères

Fougères (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Montdragon

Borrowed from Occitan Montdragon, from Latin mōns draconis (“dragon mountain”).

Montdragon (a town and municipality Tarn, France)


Bellegarde

English: Bellegarde

Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France)

Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Marciac

Marciac (a town and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)


Honfleur

A town in the Calvados department, France


Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

A town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Le Tréport

A town, commune and port in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.


Châtelaillon-Plage

Châtelaillon-Plage (a town and commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bompas

Bompas, Ariège
Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales

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


Bompas

English: Bompas

Borrowed from Catalan Bompàs. Bonpas on the Cassini map (1700s).

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


Carqueiranne

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

A town and commune of Southern France, located in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


Privas

A town and commune, the capital of the Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Digne-les-Bains

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


Moulins

A town and commune, the capital of the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Sarreguemines

A town and commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France, which was included in Germany from 1871 to 1918.


Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

A town and former commune in Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Courseulles-sur-Mer

Courseulles-sur-Mer (a town and commune of the Calvados department, Normandy, France)


Fouras

Official name: Fouras-les-Bains

Fouras (a commune and town in Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, region of New Aquitaine, France)


Lucciana

A commune and town in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.


Navarrenx

Borrowed from French Navarrenx, itself from Occitan Navarrencs.

A commune and town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Navarrenx

Navarrenx (a commune and town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Navarrencs

From Navarra + -enc + the patronymic suffix -s.

Navarrenx (a commune and town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, New Aquitaine, France).


San Fiorenzo

Saint-Florent (a town and commune of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France)


ڈنکرک

ur-proper noun

ڈَنْکَرْک • (ḍankark) m (Hindi spelling डंकर्क)

ڈَنْکَرْک (canonical)
ḍankark (romanization)
डंकर्क (Hindi)

Borrowed from English Dunkirk, derived from French Dunkerque.

دوسری جنگ عظیم کے دوران ڈنکرک سے اتحادی افواج کا انخلا ایک اہم اور قابل ذکر لمحہ تھا، جو زیادہ مشہور نہیں ہے۔ اسی انخلا کی کہانی میں تقریباً 300 ہندوستانی فوجیوں کے ایک دستے کا واقعہ بھی شامل ہے۔

2021 September 15, سدھا جی تلک, “دوسری عالمی جنگ: ڈنکرک کے فراموش کردہ ہندوستانی فوجی جن میں بانی پاکستان کے فوجی معاون بھی شامل تھے”, in BBC News Urdu:

The withdrawal of Allied forces from Dunkirk during World War II was an important and notable moment, which is not well known. The story of the same withdrawal also includes the incident of a contingent of about 300 Indian soldiers.

dūsrī jaṉg-e-ʻaz̤īm ke daurān ḍaṉkark se ittiḥādī afvāj kā inxilā aik aham aur qābil-e ẕikr lamḥa thā, jo ziyada maśhūr nahīṉ hai. isī inxilā kī kahānī meṉ taqreban 300 hindūstānī faujiyoṉ ke aik daste kā vāqiʻa bhī śāmil hai.

Dunkirk (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Morosaglia

A town and commune of the department of Upper Corsica, Corsica, France.


Morosaglia

Morosaglia (a town and commune of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France)


La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

A town and commune of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Mèze

A town in the Hérault department, France.


Mèze

→ English: Mèze

Mèze (a town in the Hérault department, France)


Joigny

→ English: Joigny

Joigny (a town in the Yonne department, France)


Vierzon

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


Courseulles

(informal) short form and former name of Courseulles-sur-Mer, a town and commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, France


Cavalaire-sur-Mer

Cavalaire-sur-Mer (a town and commune of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Malakoff

Malakoff (a town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France; a suburb of Paris)


Saint-Florent

A town and commune of the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France


Faaa

→ English: Faaa


Levallois-Perret

→ English: Levallois-Perret

Levallois-Perret (a town in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France)


Varades

A town in Loireauxence, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Ancenis

A town, part of Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Wissous

→ English: Wissous

Inherited from Middle French. Formerly Huissous, Uissous, Vissous and Wissou.

Wissous (a town in the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France)


Chalabre

→ English: Chalabre

Eissalabra (a town in the Aude department, France)


Chenonceaux

Borrowed from French Chenonceaux, from Chenonceau (from Latin Cenoncellum) + the patronymic suffix -x.

A commune and town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Porto-Vecchio

Porto-Vecchio (a town and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France)


Aulnay

Inherited from Latin Aunaium, with later addition of the spurious silent letter -l-.

Aulnay, Aulnay-de-Saintonge (a small town and commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bobigny

A town, commune, and the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.


Bobigny

Bobigny (a town and commune of Île-de-France, France).


Port-en-Bessin

A coastal town in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Calvados department, Normandy, France.


Conhac

Cognac (a commune and town in Charente, France)


Salies-du-Salat

A town in the Haute-Garonne department, France.


Salies-du-Salat

→ English: Salies-du-Salat

Salies-du-Salat (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Chelles

→ English: Chelles

Chelles (a town in the Oise department, France)

Chelles (a town in the Seine-et-Marne department, France)


Lathus-Saint-Rémy

A town and commune of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Lanamesán

Lannemezan (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, France)


Lanamesa

→ Basque: Lanamesa

→ Catalan: Lanamesa


Lannemezan

A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, France.


Lannemezan

→ English: Lannemezan


Pont-Saint-Martin

A town in the Loire-Atlantique department, France.


Pont-Saint-Martin

→ English: Pont-Saint-Martin

Pont-Saint-Martin (a town in the Loire-Atlantique department, France)


Seysses

English: Seysses

Borrowed from Occitan Sèishes. The surname is very rare in France.

Seysses (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Muret

Borrowed from French Muret, itself from Occitan Murèth.

A town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Muret

Muret (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Aureliana civitas

la-proper noun

Aurēliāna civitas f (genitive Aurēliānae civitatis); third declension

Aurēliāna civitas (canonical feminine)
Aurēliānae civitatis (genitive)

French: Orléans

[äu̯rɛˈlʲiänä ˈkiu̯ɪt̪äs̠]


Aureliacum

Aurēliācum n sg (genitive Aurēliācī); second declension

Aurēliācum (canonical neuter singular)
Aurēliācī (genitive)
Aurēliācum (nominative singular)
Aurēliācī (genitive singular)
Aurēliācō (dative singular)
Aurēliācum (accusative singular)
Aurēliācō (ablative singular)
Aurēliācum (singular vocative)
Aurēliācī (locative singular)

French: Aurillac, Orly

Occitan: Orlhac

[äu̯reːlʲiˈäːkʊ̃ˑ]

Aurillac (a town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Cambo

The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

CAMBO. Few people spend a day at Biarritz without visiting the pretty Basque town of Cambo, and the Pas de Roland, close to it.

1873, Henry Russell, Biarritz and Basque Countries, page 75:

Cambo-les-Bains, a town in the Basque area of France.


Condat

Condat (a town in the Cantal department, France)


Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

A town in the Nièvre department, France.


Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

→ English: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (a town in the Nièvre department, France)


Condé

Condé (a town in the Indre department, France)


Lesquin

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


Lesquin

→ English: Lesquin

Lesquin (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Pauliacus

Pauliācus m sg (genitive Pauliācī); second declension

Pauliācus (canonical masculine singular)
Pauliācī (genitive)
Pauliācus (nominative singular)
Pauliācī (genitive singular)
Pauliācō (dative singular)
Pauliācum (accusative singular)
Pauliācō (ablative singular)
Pauliāce (singular vocative)
Pauliācī (locative singular)

desc

French: Pauillac, Paulhac, Pauliac, Pauliat, Pavilly, Poillé, Poilly, Pouillé, Pouilly

[päu̯lʲiˈäːkʊs̠]

Name of a large number of towns in modern France.


Royan

→ English: Royan

Royan (a town in the Charente-Maritime department, France)


Gavarnie

A former commune and town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, region of Occitania, France, merged into Gavarnie-Gèdre


Gavarnie

Gavarnie (a former commune and town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, region of Occitania, France, merged into Gavarnie-Gèdre)


Serris

→ English: Serris

Serris (a town in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Le Creusot

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


Annonay

→ English: Annonay

Annonay (a town in the Ardèche department, France)


Noyal-Pontivy

Borrowed from French Noyal-Pontivy, itself from Breton Noal-Pondi.

A town in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Noyal-Pontivy

→ English: Noyal-Pontivy

Meronyms: Kergoff, Kerjean, Quelvignac

Noyal-Pontivy (a town in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Orlhac

Aurillac (a town in the Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Chinon

A town and commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Champhol

→ English: Champhol

Champhol (a town in the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Néris-les-Bains

→ English: Néris-les-Bains

Néris-les-Bains (a town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Pouancé

→ English: Pouancé

Pouancé (a town in the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France)


Plouha

→ English: Plouha

Plouha (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Lanvollon

→ English: Lanvollon

Lanvollon (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Pontrieux

→ English: Pontrieux

Pontrieux (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Bruz

→ English: Bruz

Bruz (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Trégomeur

→ English: Trégomeur

Trégomeur (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Combourg

→ English: Combourg

Combourg (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Janzé

→ English: Janzé

Janzé (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Liffré

→ English: Liffré

Liffré (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Saint-Quay-Portrieux

→ English: Saint-Quay-Portrieux

Saint-Quay-Portrieux (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

→ English: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (a town in the Manche department, Normandy, France)


Dol-de-Bretagne

→ English: Dol-de-Bretagne

Dol-de-Bretagne (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Louvigné-du-Désert

→ English: Louvigné-du-Désert

Louvigné-du-Désert (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Tinténiac

→ English: Tinténiac

Tinténiac (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Craon

→ English: Craon

Craon (a town in the Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France)


Trébeurden

→ English: Trébeurden

Trébeurden (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Rosporden

→ English: Rosporden

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


Huelgoat

→ English: Huelgoat

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


Souillac

A town and commune in Lot department, Occitanie, France.


Ablon-sur-Seine

Ablon-sur-Seine (a town in the Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Jarnac

A town in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Jarnac

→ English: Jarnac

* (surname): Historically most prevalent in the Charente and Gironde departments.

Jarnac (a town in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Quiévrechain

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


Quiévrechain

→ English: Quiévrechain

Quiévrechain (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Salses-le-Château

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


Salses-le-Château

Initially Salses, borrowed from Catalan Salses.

Holonym: Pyrénées-Orientales

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


Bompàs

French: Bompas

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


Espira-de-l'Agly

English: Espira-de-l'Agly

Borrowed from Catalan Espirà de l'Aglí. Eſpira de Lagly attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Espira-de-l'Agly (a small town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Gwaien

Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed

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


Concarneau

→ German: Concarneau

→ English: Concarneau

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


Guilvinec

→ English: Guilvinec

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


Loudéac

→ English: Loudéac

Loudéac (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Quimperlé

→ English: Quimperlé

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


Douarnenez

→ English: Douarnenez

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


Audierne

→ English: Audierne


Pontivy

→ English: Pontivy

Pontivy (a town in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Bannalec

→ English: Bannalec

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


Pont-Aven

→ English: Pont-Aven

Pont-Aven (a town in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Saint-Trojan-les-Bains

→ English: Saint-Trojan-les-Bains

Holonym: île d’Oléron

Saint-Trojan-les-Bains (a town in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Naours

→ English: Naours

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


Souchez

→ English: Souchez

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


Wattrelos

→ English: Wattrelos

Wattrelos (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Liévin

→ English: Liévin

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


Wingles

→ English: Wingles

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


Doullens

English: Doullens, dowlas

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


Haubourdin

→ English: Haubourdin

Haubourdin (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Vignacourt

→ English: Vignacourt

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


Morez

A town in Hauts de Bienne commune, Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vaison

→ French: Vaison

From Early Medieval Latin Vaiso, from Latin Vasio.

Holonym: Vauclusa

Vaison-la-Romaine (a town in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Lamballe

A town in Lamballe-Armor commune, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.


Vaison-la-Romaine

→ English: Vaison-la-Romaine

Holonym: Vaucluse


Le Mas-d'Azil

→ English: Le Mas d'Azil

Borrowed from Occitan Le Mas d'Asil. Le Mas d’Azil attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Ariège

Le Mas-d'Azil (a small town and commune of Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Saleilles

English: Saleilles

Borrowed from Catalan Salelles. Salleles attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Alénya

English: Alénya

Borrowed from Catalan Alenyà. Alenya attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Villeneuve-de-la-Raho

English: Villeneuve-de-la-Raho

Borrowed from Catalan Vilanova de Raó. Villeneuve de la Raho attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Arles de Tec

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


Ille-sur-Têt

English: Ille-sur-Têt

Ille + sur + Têt. Previously Ille, from Catalan Illa.

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


Théza

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


Théza

English: Théza

Borrowed from Catalan Tesà. Theza attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Arles-sur-Tech

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


Arles-sur-Tech

→ Catalan: Arles de Tec

→ English: Arles-sur-Tech

Arles + sur + Tech. Previously Arles, from Catalan Arles.

Holonym: Vallespir


Vinça

English: Vinça

Borrowed from Catalan Vinçà. Vincac attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Meronym: Sahorle

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


Blanhac

French: Blagnac, Blaignac

Holonym: Gironda

Blaignac (a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Holonym: Nauta Garona

Blagnac (a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Blagnac

→ English: Blagnac

Holonym: Haute-Garonne

Blagnac (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Blaignac

→ English: Blaignac

Holonym: Gironde

Blaignac (a town in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Mérignac

→ English: Mérignac

Holonym: Gironde

Mérignac (a town in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Tomblaine

A town in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Saulxures-lès-Nancy

Sauxure attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Saulxures-sur-Moselotte

Saussure en Vôges attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

A town in the Vosges department, Grand Est, France


Sucy-en-Brie

Sucy attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

A town in the Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France


Tremblay-en-France

Tremblay attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Saulxures-lès-Vannes

Sauxure les Vannes attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Juillan

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

Juillan (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Ossun

Borrowed from French Ossun, itself from Occitan Ossun.

A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France


Ossun

Borrowed from Occitan Ossun.
(Town): Oſsun attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Ossun (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Caveirac

→ English: Caveirac

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

Caveirac (a town in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Clarensac

→ English: Clarensac

Borrowed from Occitan Clarençac. Clarenſac attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Clarensac (a town in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon

→ English: Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon

MAUZE attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Deux-Sèvres

Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (a town in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Portèth de Garona

Holonym: Hauta Garona

Portet-sur-Garonne (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Saint-Jean-de-Luz (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)


Argelers

French: Argelès-sur-Mer

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


Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

From Catalan Sant Llorenç de la Salanca.

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Canet de Rosselló

French: Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet-en-Roussillon (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Vilallonga de la Salanca

→ French: Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

[ˌbi.ləˈʎoŋ.ɡə ðə lə səˈlaŋ.kə]

[ˌvi.ləˈʎoŋ.ɡə ðə lə səˈlaŋ.kə]

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet + en + Roussillon. Previously Canet, from Catalan Canet.

Holonym: Roussillon

Meronyms: Canet Plage, Canet Village, (historical) Saint-Nazaire


Donibane Lohizune

Donibane Lohizune (absolutive indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunek (ergative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizuneri (dative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizuneren (genitive indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunerekin (comitative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunerengatik (causative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunerentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunez (indefinite instrumental)
Donibane Lohizunen (indefinite inessive)
Donibane Lohizuneko (indefinite locative)
Donibane Lohizunera (allative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizuneraino (indefinite terminative)
Donibane Lohizunerantz (directive indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunerako (destinative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunetik (ablative indefinite)
Donibane Lohizunerik (indefinite partitive)
Donibane Lohizunetzat (indefinite prolative)

Saint-Jean-de-Luz (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Sant Llorenç de la Salanca

→ French: Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque


Argelès-sur-Mer

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


Culoz

A town in Culoz-Bėon commune, Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


La Flèche

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


Baugé

A small town and former commune in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, now in Baugé-en-Anjou commune.


Toulouges

→ English: Toulouges

Borrowed from Catalan Toluges, from Medieval Latin Tulogias (908).

Toulouges (a town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Graulhet

→ English: Graulhet

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

Holonym: Tarn

Graulhet (a town in the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)


Mazamet

→ English: Mazamet

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

Holonym: Tarn

Mazamet (a town in the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)


Agde

Borrowed from Occitan Agde, from Latin Agatha.

Meronym: Le Cap d’Agde

Agde (a town in Hérault, Occitanie, France)


Aniane

A small town in Hérault, Occitanie, France


Carbonne

A small town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Saint-Cannat

Borrowed from Occitan Sant Canat, from Latin Cānus Nātus, the name of a French saint.

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

Saint-Cannat (a small town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Carentan

A town near the northeastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Manche department, Normandy, in north-western France.


Saint-Junien

→ English: Saint-Junien

Saint-Junien (a town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Rochechouart

A small town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine


Rochechouart

Translingual: (552385) Rochechouart

→ English: Rochechouart

/ʁɔ.ʃə.ʃwaʁ/

Compound of roche + Chouard. The former is from Occitan ròcha (“rock”), while the latter, a surname, is from Old French choe + -ard (compare chouette (“owl”)).

Rochechouart (a small town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Kiæresburh

Borrowed from Old Northern French *Kieresburg, Chieresburg, with representing the pronunciation /k/ north of the Joret Line, in turn from Old Norse kjarr + borg.

bor+

(hapax) Cherbourg (a town in Manche, Normandy, France)


Maðante

Borrowed from Old French *Meantes, *Medantes, from Medieval Latin Medanta, from Proto-Celtic *medu + *-anta.

(hapax) Mantes-la-Jolie (a town in Yvelines, Île-de-France, France)


Pouligny-Saint-Pierre

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


Orthez

Borrowed from French Orthez, itself from Occitan.

Holonym: Béarn

A town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Orthez

Holonym: Béarn

Orthez (a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Dinan

A town and commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.


Lathus

Short for Lathus-Saint-Rémy, a town and commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Lodève

Borrowed from French Lodève, from Latin Luteva.

A town and commune of Hérault, Occitania, France.


Mallemort

→ English: Mallemort

Mallemort (a town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Sisteron

→ English: Sisteron

Sisteron (a town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Sisteron

→ French: Sisteron

Holonym: Sisteronenc


Champs-sur-Marne

→ English: Champs-sur-Marne

Officialized in 1962, previously Champs (attested on the Cassini map, 1740s). Champs sur Marne mentioned in Middle French (1410, 1511).

Holonyms: Brie, Seine-et-Marne

Champs-sur-Marne (a town in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Céret

English: Céret

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Borrowed from Catalan Ceret. Attested as CERET on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Vallespir

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


Fan e Rovenac

Holonym: Aude

Meronyms: Fan, Rovenac

Val-du-Faby (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


La Ròca de Fan

→ French: Laroque-de-Fa

Holonym: Aude

Laroque-de-Fa (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Vissous

Attested as Vißous on the Cassini map (1740s).

Obsolete spelling of Wissous.: A town in the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France


Carròs

→ French: Carros

Holonym: Aups Maritims

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


Firmi

Holonym: causse Comtal

A small town in Aveyron, Occitanie, France


Salles-la-Source

→ English: Salles-la-Source

Holonym: causse Comtal

Meronym: Mondalazac

Salles-la-Source (a small town and commune of Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Vervins

→ English: Vervins

From Latin Verbinum. Vervin on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

Vervins (a small town in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France)


La Cavalerie

→ English: La Cavalerie

Holonym: Aveyron

La Cavalerie (a small town in the Aveyron department, Occitanie, France)


Luynes

* (Bouches-du-Rhône): Borrowed from Occitan Loina.
* (Indre-et-Loire): 1619. Previously named Maillé.

Holonym: Indre-et-Loire

A small town in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Veneux-les-Sablons

A town and former commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.


Martres-Tolosane

English: Martres-Tolosane

Holonym: Comminges

Martres-Tolosane (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Colomiers

English: Colomiers

Colomiers (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Colomièrs

French: Colomiers


Agulha

Holonym: Bocas de Ròse

Éguilles (a small town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Éguilles

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône


Missillac

A town in the Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Cintegabelle

A small town and commune of the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Saverdun

A small town and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Lézat-sur-Lèze

Holonym: Pédaguès


Coutances

A town and commune in Manche department, Normandy, France.


Salbris

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


Aubigny-sur-Nère

A small town and commune of the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Blendecques

→ English: Blendecques

Holonym: Audomarois

Blendecques (a town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Lurdy

lurdský (adjective)
Lurdy (nominative plural)
Lurd (genitive plural)
Lurdám (dative plural)
Lurdy (accusative plural)
Lurdy (plural vocative)
Lurdách (locative plural)
Lurdami (instrumental plural)

Lourdes (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage)


Montargis

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


Montbard

A town and commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Belley

Holonyms: Ain, Bugey

Belley (a town of Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Saint-Cyprien

* (town in Pyrénées-Orientales): Borrowed from Catalan Sant Cebrià.

Holonym: Roussillon

Saint-Cyprien (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Elne

Borrowed from French Elne, itself from Catalan Elna.

Holonym: Roussillon

A town of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


Elne

Holonym: Roussillon

Elne (a town of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Sarlat

A town in Sarlat-la-Canéda commune, Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Tinqueux

→ English: Tinqueux

Tinqueux (a town in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Cérons

→ English: Cérons

Cérons (a small town in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Tonnerre

→ English: Tonnerre

Tonnerre (a town in the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Ponteilla

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


Les Angles

A town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.


Eschweiler

de-proper noun

Eschweiler n (proper noun, genitive Eschweilers or (optionally with an article) Eschweiler)

Eschweilers (genitive)
Eschweiler (genitive with-article)
Eschweiler (definite nominative singular)
Eschweilers (definite genitive singular)
Eschweiler (definite genitive singular with-article)
Eschweiler (dative definite singular)
Eschweiler (accusative definite singular)

[ˈɛʃˌvaɪ̯lɐ]

any of several towns and cities in Germany, Luxembourg and France