"Louvain" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from French Louvain. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Louvain}} French Louvain Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Louvain
  1. The capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. Wikipedia link: Louvain Categories (place): Cities in Belgium, Places in Belgium Synonyms: Leuven (english: borrowed from Dutch) Translations (Belgian city): لوفان (Arabic), Լուվեն (Luven) (Armenian), Льовен (Ljoven) (Bulgarian), Lovaina (Catalan), 魯汶 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲁汶 (Lǔwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 勒芬 (Lèfēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 勒文 (Lèwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 盧萬 (Chinese Mandarin), 卢万 (Lúwàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Lovaň (Czech), Leuven [neuter] (Dutch), Loveno (Esperanto), Leuven (Finnish), Louvain [masculine] (French), Löwen [neuter] (German), Λέουβεν (Léouven) (Greek), לוון (Hebrew), Lovanio (Italian), ルーヴェン (Rūven) (Japanese), Lovanium (Latin), Leuve (Limburgish), Leuvenas (Lithuanian), Léiwen (Luxembourgish), लुवें (luvẽ) (Marathi), Lovaina (Occitan), Lowanium (Polish), Lovaina (Portuguese), Louvain (Romanian), Лёвен (Ljóven) (Russian), Лувен (Serbo-Croatian), Lovaina (Spanish), Leuven (Swedish), Lovin (Walloon), Leuven (West Flemish)

Proper name [French]

IPA: /lu.vɛ̃/
Rhymes: -ɛ̃ Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning "swamp near the forest." Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|ML.|Luvanium|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Medieval Latin Luvanium, {{bor+|fr|ML.|Luvanium}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, {{der|fr|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|fr|frk|-}} Frankish, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*hwainō}} Proto-Germanic *hwainō, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*ḱʷeyn-|t=to soil; mud; filth}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun}} Louvain ?
  1. Capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium Categories (place): Cities in Belgium Derived forms: Louvain-la-Neuve, louvaniste Related terms: Leuven (english: in Dutch)
    Sense id: en-Louvain-fr-name-IUNSwRWX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Loveno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Leuven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Louvain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Löwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Léouven",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Λέουβεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "לוון"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovanio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rūven",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "ルーヴェン"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovanium"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Leuve"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Leuvenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Léiwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "luvẽ",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "लुवें"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lowanium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Louvain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ljóven",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Лёвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Лувен"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Leuven"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Lovin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "Belgian city",
      "word": "Leuven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Louvain"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Louvain-la-Neuve"
    },
    {
      "word": "louvaniste"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Luvanium",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin Luvanium",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Luvanium"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwainō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwainō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱʷeyn-",
        "t": "to soil; mud; filth"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning \"swamp near the forest.\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Louvain ?",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lou‧vain"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "in Dutch",
      "word": "Leuven"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French proper nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
        "French terms derived from Frankish",
        "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "French terms derived from North Germanic languages",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Requests for gender in French entries",
        "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃",
        "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃/2 syllables",
        "fr:Cities in Belgium"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Flemish Brabant",
          "Flemish Brabant"
        ],
        [
          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lu.vɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Louvain"
}

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