Authier

The municipality is named after Canadian politician and lawyer Hector Authier (1881 - 1971).

A municipality of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Noranda

The neighbourhood is named after a former mine, the name of which derives from a contracted compound of nord (“north”) + Canada. The middle c of the compound was dropped as the result of a transcription error.

A neighbourhood and former city in Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Mont-Brun

Derived from mont (“mountain, hill”) and brun (“brown”), referring to a large fluvial clay deposit.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Clerval

Likely derived from a compound of clair (“clear”) + val (“vale, valley”).


Chazel

The municipality is named after Canadian soldier Guillaume Chazel.


Rollet

The neighbourhood is named after the first European inhabitant of Québec, Marie Rollet (1580 - 1649).


Authier-Nord

Derived from the toponym Authier and nord (“north”).


Duparquet

The city is named after French military officer Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet.

A city in Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Gallichan

The municipality is named after one of its first inhabitants, sawmill owner François Gallichan.


La Reine

The municipality is named after a military regiment, named in turn after Anne of Austria (1601 - 1666).


La Sarre

The city is named after the La Sarre Regiment.


Palmarolle

The municipality is named after French military officer François-Pierre-André Bertrand de Palmarolle (1714 - 1760).

fr:François-Pierre-André Bertrand de Palmarolle


Macamic

The city is named after a nearby lake, the name of which is derived from a Algonquin compound composed of mak (“crippled, lame”) and amik (“beaver”).


Poularies

The municipality is named after French military officer François-Médard de Poularies (b. 1717).


Normétal

Derived from the name of the Normetal Mining Corporation, derived from a contracted compound of English north and metal.


Rapide-Danseur

Derived from rapide (“rapids”) and danseur (“dancer”). The rapids may have been named for the rapid movement of the water across rocks. Alternatively, the term toponym may be a calque of an Algonquin name.


Roquemaure

The municipality is named after French military officer Jean-Georges Dejean de Roquemaure (1705 - 1779).


Taschereau

The municipality is named after prime minister of Québec Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867 - 1952).


Val-Saint-Gilles

Derived from val (“valley, vale”) and the name of Saint Giles (around 650 - around 710).


Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Helena of Constantinople (c. 246/248 - c. 330) and a compound of Mance (“a surname”) + -bourg. The second element is a reference to co-founder of Montréal Jeanne Mance.

A parish municipality of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

Jeanne Mance
Saint Helena of Constantinople


Sainte-Germaine-Boulé

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Germaine Cousin (1579 - 1601) and the name of priest Auguste Boulet (1868 - 1959). It is less likely that the name Boulé refers to Hélène Boullé (1598 - 1654), wife of explorer Samuel de Champlain.


Rivière-Ojima

An unorganised territory in Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Lac-Duparquet

Named after a lake within the territory, which is named in turn after French military officer Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet.


La Motte

The municipality is named after French military officer Henri-Guillaume-Jérôme Vacquier de Lamotte.

A municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Barraute

The municipality is named after French military officer Pierre-Jean Bachoie (Bachois), dit Barraute (1723 - 1760).


Champneuf

Compound of champ (“field”) + neuf (“new”). The name was chosen by the parish priest as a reference to the virgin lands of the municipality.


La Morandière

The municipality is named after a French military officer.


La Corne

The municipality is named after French military officer Louis de La Corne (1703 - 1761).


Launay

The municipality is named after French military officer Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay.

A township municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Rochebaucourt

The municipality is named after a French military officer known as Capitaine La Rochebaucourt.


Landrienne

The municipality is named after French colonial administrator Jean-Marie Landriève des Bordes (1712–1778).


Trécesson

The municipality is named after French military officer Marie-Joseph Toussaint de Carné de Trécesson (1715–1760).

fr:Marie-Joseph Toussaint de Carné de Trécesson


Lac-Chicobi

The territory is named after a lake, the name of which derives in turn from a Native American term meaning "where there are no islands".

An unorganised territory in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Matthew and the hydronym Haricana.


Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Dominic de Guzmán (1170 - 1221) and rosaire (“rosary”).


Lac-Metei

La Vallée-de-l'Or
La Vallée-de-l'Or#English

An unorganised territory in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Lac-Despinassy

The territory is named after a lake, named in turn after French military officer Louis-Auguste-Victor Despinassy.


Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Gertrude of Helfta (1256 - c. 1302) and the name of French military officer Pierre-Alexandre Canet de Manneville.


Malartic

The municipality is named after French colonial administrator and military officer Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de Maurès de Malartic (1730–1800).

A city in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

fr:Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de Maurès de Malartic


Lac-Granet

The name of the territory is derived from that of a nearby lake, which is named in turn after French military officer Alexis Granet.


Aumond

The municipality is named after lumber merchant Joseph-Ignace Aumond (1810–1879).

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A township municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Matchi-Manitou

The territory is named after a lake, the name of which derives from the Algonquin terms matchi (“evil”) and manitou (“spirit”). The name of the lake is said to derive from an ill-fated hunted expedition leading to the loss of two canoes, after which the lake was avoided.


Rivière-Héva

The municipality is named after a nearby river, the name of which is uncertain. The river may have been named after Éva Girard, the wife of surveyor Fernand Fafard (1882 - 1955). Alternatively, the name of the river may derive from Norman heve (“hollow rock”).

A municipality of La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Réservoir-Dozois

The territory is named after a reservoir, named in turn after priest Nazaire-Servule Dozois (1859 - 1932).


Senneterre

Both the city and the municipality are likely named after a French military officer from the Languedoc regiment.

A parish municipality of La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Bois-Franc

Derived from bois franc (“hardwood”). The municipality is covered by hardwood forest.

A municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Pope Felix I (d. 274) and the name of French military officer Jean d'Alquier de Servian.

Pope Felix I
fr:Jean d'Alquier de Servian


Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Mark and the name of French military officer Étienne-Guillaume Figuery.

A parish municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Déléage

The municipality is named after priest Jean-François-Régis Déléage (1821 - 1884).


Cayamant

The municipality is named after a nearby lake, derived in turn from an Algonquin term meaning either "porcupine" or "lake with a large bay".


Grand-Remous

/ɡʁɑ̃.ʁə.mu/

Derived from grand (“great, large”) and remous (“eddy, swirl”). The municipality is named after a large eddy in the Gatineau River.


Blue Sea

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of a nearby lake, which is derived in turn from English.


Egan-Sud

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Egan and sud (“south”). The municipality is named after Irish lumber merchant John Egan (1811 - 1857).


Lac-Sainte-Marie

The municipality is named after a nearby lake, which is named in turn after Saint Mary. This dedication was chosen as a reference to the mother of the first settler of the municipality (one Jean-Marie Léveillée), Marie Léveillée.


Lac-Lenôtre

An unorganized territory in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Montcerf-Lytton

The name of the municipality derives from the names of the former municipalities of Montcerf and Lytton.


Lac-Pythonga

The territory is named after a lake, the name of which is derived in turn from an Algonquin name meaning "a long sand" or "to approach by paddling".


Lac-Nilgaut

The territory is named after a lake, the name of which derives in turn from nilgaut (“nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus”), derived in turn from Hindi or Persian.

An unorganized territory in Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Kazabazua

The municipality is named after a nearby river, the name of which is derived from an Algonquin compound derived from kach (“hidden”) and djiwan (“watercourse, current”).


Maniwaki

The name of the city is derived from an Algonquin compound toponym derived from mani (“Mary, Maria”) (referring to Saint Mary) and aki (“land”). The settlement began as a missionary project.

A city in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Serris

→ English: Serris

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


Cascades-Malignes

The name of the territory is derived from the plural form of cascade (“waterfall”) and malin (“malicious, evil”). The eponymous waterfalls are difficult to navigate.


Fort-Coulonge

The name of the municipality derives from fort and one of the titles of explorer Nicolas d'Ailleboust de Manthet (1663–1709). The municipality is named after a former fortress.

A village municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Alleyn-et-Cawood

The municipality is named after the townships of Alleyn and Cawood. Alleyn is named after politician Charles Joseph Alleyn (1817 - 1890) and Cawood is named after an English village in Yorkshire.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau

The municipality is named after Thérèse of Lisieux (1873 - 1897) and the hydronym Gatineau.


Campbell's Bay

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Campbell and bay. The municipality is named after British soldier and landowner Donald Campbell.


Otter Lake

The name of the municipality is derived from that of an English name of a nearby lake.


L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet

L’ Île-du-Grand-Calumet (canonical feminine)

The name of the island and municipality is derived from île (“island”), grand (“great”) and calumet (“ceremonial pipe”). The island was used as a meeting and trading location by Native Americans.

An island and municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


L'Isle-aux-Allumettes

L’ Isle-aux-Allumettes (canonical feminine)

The name of the island and the municipality is derived from île (“island”) and the plural form of allumette (“match”). The element allumettes initially referred to a set of rapids in the Ottawa River to the south of the island.


Portage-du-Fort

Etymology uncertain. The municipality may have been named after a portage near a fort, but it is uncertain whether such a fort ever existed. Alternative hypotheses include a portage operated by a man named Dufort or an adaptation of an Algonquin term.


Shawville

Derived from the English toponym Shawville, equivalent Shaw (“a surname”) + -ville. The municipality is named after postmaster James Shaw.


Sheenboro

The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Sheen suffixed with -boro.


Rapides-des-Joachims

Derived from the plural form of rapide (“rapid”) and the plural form of the name Joachim. It is unclear who or what the personal name refers to.


L'Ange-Gardien

/l‿ɑ̃ʒ.ɡaʁ.djɛ̃/

The name of the municipality derives from the term ange gardien (“guardian angel”). Originally the name of a parish.

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Chénéville

The name of the municipality is derived from Chéné (“a surname”) + -ville. The settlement was likely named after a local family.

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Mansfield-et-Pontefract

The municipality is named after the former municipalities of Mansfield and Pontefract.


Lac-des-Plages

Derived from lac (“lake”) and the plural form of plage (“beach”). The municipality is named after a nearby lake with a large number of beaches.


Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette

The municipality is named after the Catholic Our Lady of La Salette pilgrimage site.


Lac-Simon

Derived from lac (“lake”) and the name Simon. The municipality is named after a lake, which is named in turn after an inhabitant of the area of Iroquois descent, Marie-Louise Cimon.
The reserve is named after a nearby like, named in turn after either Simon Papaté (son of a high chief of the Odawa people) or after the first chief of the reserve.

A Native American reserve in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


La Pêche

The name of the municipality is derived from pêche (“fishing, angling”). The municipality is named after a nearby lake which is rich in fish.


Lochaber-Partie-Ouest

The name of the municipality is derived from the toponym Lochaber, partie (“part”) and ouest (“west”).

A township municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Val-des-Bois

The name of the municipality is derived from val (“valley”) and the plural form of bois (“forest”).


Mulgrave-et-Derry

The name of the municipality is derived from the names of the English toponym Mulgrave and the Northern Irish toponym Derry. The toponym Mulgrave is included as a reference to one of the titles of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1648 - 1721). The toponym Derry is included as a reference to the city and county in Northern Ireland.


Lochaber

The municipality is named after the Scottish region of Lochaber (with the name being derived from Scots Gaelic via English).


Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours

The municipality is named after an honorific title of Saint Mary.


Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Emilius (d. 250) and the English toponym Suffolk. The municipality was named after the particular saint in order to honor Émile Quesnel (1837 - 1887), a benefactor of the first settlers of the future municipality.


Soledar

From Ukrainian Соледа́р (Soledár, literally “gift of the salt”).

uder

Soledar (a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, containing an extensive salt mine).

Karlo-Libknekhtivsk (1924-1991)

from Ukraninan Карло-Лібкнехтівськ (Karlo-Libknextivsʹk)

Karlo-Libknekhtovsk (1924-1991)

from Russian Карло-Либкнехтовск (Karlo-Libknextovsk)


Val-des-Monts

The name of the municipality is derived from val (“valley”) and the plural form of mont (“mountain”).


Saint-Sixte

The municipality is named after a nearby lake, the name of which has Native American origins. The hydronym was gradually transformed into the name of Pope Sixtus II (d. 258).


Papineauville

The name of the municipality is derived from Papineau (“a surname”) + -ville. The municipality is named after joint premier of the Province of Canada Denis-Benjamin Papineau (1789 - 1854).


Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix

The name of the municipality derives from an honorific title of Saint Mary and paix (“peace”).


Saint-André-Avellin

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Andrew Avellino (1521 - 1608). The dedication was chosen to honour surveyor André Trudeau (1792 - 1842).


Masson-Angers

The name of the district refers to Québecois politician Louis François Rodrigue Masson (1833 - 1903) and the French city of Angers.

A district of Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Pikogan

Borrowed from Algonquin Pikogan, derived in turn from the term pikogan (“skin tent, teepee”).

A Native American reserve in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Winneway

Borrowed from Algonquin Winneway; the toponym means either "lively/rapid waters" or "salty bay/bay of murky waters".

A Native American settlement in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Kitcisakik

Borrowed from Algonquin Kitcisakik, derived in turn from a compound of kitci (“large, great”) and sakik (“at the mouth”). The reserve is located near a section of the Ottawa River which widens considerably.

A Native American settlement in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Kebaowek

Borrowed from Algonquin Kebaowek, a variant of the toponym Kipawa.

A Native American reserve in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Rapid Lake

Borrowed from English Rapid Lake. The reserve is named after a nearby lake. .

A Native American reserve in Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Kitigan Zibi

Borrowed from Algonquin Kitigan Zibi, derived from the terms kitigan (“garden, woodland cleared of trees”) and zibi (“river”).


Hunter's Point

Borrowed from English Hunter's Point. The settlement is named after a nearby lake, named in turn after a local family.


Lac-Oscar

An unorganized territory in Antoine-Labelle, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Lac-de-la-Maison-de-Pierre

The territory is named after a lake, the name of which derives from lac (“lake”), maison (“house”) and pierre (“stone”). The further etymology of the name is uncertain.


Mont-Laurier

The name of the city is derived from mont (“mountain”) + Laurier (a surname). The city is named after Canadian lawyer and statesman Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919).

A city in Antoine-Labelle, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Rivière-Rouge

The name of the city is derived from rivière (“river”) and rouge (“red”). The city is named after a nearby river.


Lac-Saguay

The village municipality is named after a nearby lake, the name of which derives in turn from lac (“lake”) and Algonquin sagwa (“unblock, pour”).

A village municipality of Antoine-Labelle, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Chute-Saint-Philippe

The name of the municipality is derived from chute (“waterfall”) and the name of Saint Philip.

A municipality of Antoine-Labelle, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Lac-du-Cerf

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which derives from lac (“lake”) and cerf (“deer”). The lake was named for the presence of white-tailed deer (“Odocoileus virginianus”).


Lac-Saint-Paul

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which is derived from lac (“lake”) and the name of Saint Paul.


Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Ame and the name of a nearby lake (derived from lac (“lake”) and the plural form of île (“island”)). The dedication to Saint Ame was made to honour abbot Joseph-Aimé Lamonde.


Sainte-Anne-du-Lac

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Anne and a nearby lake, lac Tapani.


La Macaza

The municipality is likely named after a First Nations inhabitant of the area.


Nominingue

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which is derived from an Algonquin term meaning "vermillion" or "red ochre" (referring to a deposit of red chalk used for body markings).


Brébeuf

The municipality is named after Jean de Brébeuf (1593 - 1649).

A parish municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Kiamika

The municipality is named after a river, the name of which derives from Algonquin kickiamika (“abrupt, cut just underneath the water”), possibly referring to a location with a precipitous rock.


Mont-Saint-Michel

The name of the municipality is derived from mont (“mountain”) and the name of Saint Michael. The municipality was named for the fact that the local church stands on a hill and as a way to honor priest Joseph-Michel Martin (1878 - 1932).


L'Ascension

The name of the municipality derives from Ascension (“Feast of the Ascension”).


Val-David

The name of the municipality is derived from val (“valley”) and the surname David. The municipality is named after Québecois politician Athanase David (1882–1953) and lawyer, politician and historian Laurent-Olivier David (1840–1926), who came to the municipality to relax.

A village municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Val-des-Lacs

The name of the municipality is derived from val (“valley”) and the plural form of lac (“lake”).

A municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Notre-Dame-du-Laus

The municipality is named after the Catholic Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame du Laus pilgrimage site.


Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain

The name of the municipality is derived from a title of Saint Mary and the toponym Pontmain.


Lac-des-Écorces

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which derives from lac (“lake”) and the plural form of écorce (“bark”).


Ferme-Neuve

Derived from ferme (“farm”) and the feminine form of neuf (“new”). The municipality is named after a farm constructed by the Maclaren company.


Lantier

The municipality is named after the family of postmaster Ludger Lantier.


Mont-Blanc

The municipality is named after a nearby mountain, the name of which is derived from mont (“mountain”) and blanc (“white”).


Val-Morin

The name of the municipality is derived from val (“valley”) and the surname Morin. The municipality is named after its founder, Augustin-Norbert Morin (1803 - 1865).


La Minerve

The municipality is named after the La Minerve newspaper.


La Conception

The name of the municipality is derived from conception (“conception”). The municipality is named after the Conception of Christ.


Huberdeau

The municipality is named after priest Gédéon-Ubalde Huberdeau (1823 - 1887).


Lac-Supérieur

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which derives from lac (“lake”) and supérieur (“superior”).


Lac-Tremblant-Nord

The municipality is named after a nearby lake (the name of which derives from lac (“lake”) and tremblant (“shaking, shaky”), deriving in turn from the name of a nearby mountain) and nord (“north”).


Ivry-sur-le-Lac

The municipality is indirectly named after countess Angèle Ogier d'Ivry.


Petit Maghreb

From being a district of people of Maghrebi heritage.

Little Maghreb (a neighbourhood of Saint-Michel district, Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)


Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Lucy (283 - 304) and the toponym Laurentides (“Laurentian Mountains”).


Barkmere

Derived from an English toponym derived in turn from a compound of bark and mere.

A city in Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Mont-Tremblant

The city is named after a nearby mountain, the name of which derives from mont (“mountain”) and tremblant (“shaking, shaky”). The name of the mountain is said to derive from a Native American story about a powerful spirit inhabiting the peak. Alternatively, the name may derive from a muffled sound that can be heard near the mountain.


Lac-des-Seize-Îles

The municipality is named after a lake, the name of which derives form lac (“lake”), seize (“sixteen”) and the plural form of île (“island”). The lake is named after sixteen small islands.

Les Pays-d'en-Haut
Les Pays-d'en-Haut#English

A municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Agatha of Sicily (c. 231–251) and the plural form of mont (“mountain”).


forêt amazonienne

fr-noun

forêt amazonienne f (plural forêts amazoniennes)

From forêt (“forest”) + amazonienne (“Amazonian”).

La forêt amazonienne est le poumon de la planète.

The Amazon Rainforest is the lungs of the planet.

the Amazon Rainforest (an enormous jungle covering the majority of northern South America, mostly in Brazil)


Annonay

→ English: Annonay

Annonay (a town in the Ardèche department, France)


Aurignac

→ English: Aurignac

Aurignac (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Sohar

Al Batinah North Governorate
Al Batinah North Governorate#English

Sohar (a city in Al Batinah North Governorate, Oman)


Menkao

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

A town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Anglade

English: Anglade

Anglade (a village in the Gironde department, France)


Monflanquin

→ English: Monflanquin

Monflanquin (a village in the Lot-et-Garonne department, France)


Feuillerat

Holonym: Prat-Bonrepaux

A neighbourhood of Prat-Bonrepaux, Occitanie, France.


Mouliéris

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

Holonym: Saint-Lizier

A ruined farm in Saint-Lizier, Ariège department, Occitanie, France


Sengouagnet

→ English: Sengouagnet

Sengouagnet (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Vieux-Fort

Vieux-Fort (town and commune in Guadeloupe)


Francazal

→ English: Francazal

Francazal (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Cazavet

→ English: Cazavet

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Billoc, Bouch, Cazaux, Gouar, Gouarège, Retec

Cazavet (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Prat-Bonrepaux

→ English: Prat-Bonrepaux

Prat-Bonrepaux (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Cazaux

Borrowed from Occitan Casals. The surname is historically most prevalent in the Landes department.

Cazaux (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Beaumes-de-Venise

→ English: Beaumes-de-Venise

Beaumes-de-Venise (a village in the Vaucluse department, France)


Lorp-Sentaraille

→ English: Lorp-Sentaraille

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Lorp, Sentaraille

Lorp-Sentaraille (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Mirepech

Mirepech (a tributary of the Rucan in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Rucan

Rucan (a tributary of the Arbas in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Montastruc-de-Salies

Holonym: Comminges

Montastruc-de-Salies (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Gayan

English: Gayan

Borrowed from Occitan Gajan. The surname is historically most prevalent in the Landes department.

Holonym: Hautes-Pyrénées

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


Castelbiague

→ English: Castelbiague

Castelbiague (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Rouède

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Bagiri, Cloutas, Loumat, Peyré, Tumares

Rouède (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Arbas

* (surname): From Spanish Arbas/Arbás.
* (village in Haute-Garonne): Borrowed from Occitan Arbast.

Arbas (a left tributary of the Salat in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Arbas

Holonym: Comminges

Arbas (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Coacovec

Holonym: Saint-Barnabé

A toponym in Saint-Barnabé, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.


Kermaprézo

Holonym: Gueltas

A toponym in Gueltas, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Roudoulous

Holonym: Sauvagnas

La pierre était à Roudoulous, hameau dépendant de Sauvagnas, à l’extrémité de la vallée qui s’ouvre à Saint-Caprais de Lerm.

1875, Congrès archéologique de France, XLIᵉ session (1874), →OCLC, seconde partie tenue à Agen, page 223:

A hamlet in Sauvagnas, Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Lannes

English: Lannes

Borrowed from Occitan. The surname is historically most prevalent in the Gers department.

Lannes (a village in the Lot-et-Garonne department, France)


Clohars-Fouesnant

Holonym: Finistère

Meronyms: Beg an Allé, Brominou, Kerjégu, Pennanguer

Clohars-Fouesnant (a village in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Sauvagnas

→ English: Sauvagnas

Borrowed from Occitan Sauvanhàs and ultimately from Latin Salvaniacum.

Holonym: Roudoulous

Sauvagnas (a village in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Gueltas

→ English: Gueltas

Borrowed from Breton Gweltaz (“Gildas”).

Meronyms: Coët Prat, Goarima, Guernogas, Keriffé, Kermaprézo, Kervert, Tréleau

Gueltas (a village in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Kerfourn

→ English: Kerfourn

Kerfourn (a village in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Saint-Barnabé

→ English: Saint-Barnabé

Meronym: Coacovec

Saint-Barnabé (a village in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Spézet

→ English: Spézet

Spézet (a village in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Érone

→ English: Érone

Érone (a village in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France)


San-Lorenzo

→ English: San-Lorenzo

Meronyms: Borgo, Coibiti, Oliva, Tribbio

San-Lorenzo (a village in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France)


Noyal-Pontivy

→ English: Noyal-Pontivy

Meronyms: Kergoff, Kerjean, Quelvignac

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


Sauvignac

→ English: Sauvignac

Sauvignac (a village in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Sauvagnac

→ English: Sauvagnac

Borrowed from Occitan Sauvanhac and ultimately from Latin Salvaniacum.

Sauvagnac (a village in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Notre-Dame-des-Landes

A commune of the Loire-Atlantique department, France


Bouglainval

→ English: Bouglainval

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

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


Jouy

→ English: Jouy

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


Chartainvilliers

→ English: Chartainvilliers

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


Champhol

→ English: Champhol

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


Soulaires

→ English: Soulaires

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


Coltainville

→ English: Coltainville

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


Serazereux

→ English: Serazereux

From Medieval Latin Ceresereus [1199], itself from Late Latin cerasarius.

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


Saint-Prest

→ English: Saint-Prest

Saint-Prest (a village in the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Gasville-Oisème

→ English: Gasville-Oisème

Gasville-Oisème (a village in the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Saint-Piat

→ English: Saint-Piat

Saint-Piat (a village in the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Nogent-le-Phaye

→ English: Nogent-le-Phaye

Nogent-le-Phaye (a village 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)


Kanaky

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


Tétouan

Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima#English

Tétouan (a city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco)


État de la Cité du Vatican

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-État de la Cité du Vatican.wav


Domalain

→ English: Domalain

Domalain (a village in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Vergéal

→ English: Vergéal

Vergéal (a village in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Rannée

→ English: Rannée

Rannée (a village in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Niafles

→ English: Niafles

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Niafles (a village in the Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France)


Arbrissel

→ English: Arbrissel

Arbrissel (a village in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Pouancé

→ English: Pouancé

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


Squiffiec

→ English: Squiffiec

Squiffiec (a village in the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France)


Saint-Évarzec

→ English: Saint-Évarzec

Saint-Évarzec (a village in the Finistère 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)


Lanvollon

→ English: Lanvollon

Lanvollon (a town in the Côtes-d'Armor 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)


Tinténiac

→ English: Tinténiac

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


Plouha

→ English: Plouha

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


Trégonneau

→ English: Trégonneau

Trégonneau (a village in the Côtes-d'Armor 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)


Louvigné-du-Désert

→ English: Louvigné-du-Désert

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


Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

→ English: Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

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


Saint-Quay-Portrieux

→ English: Saint-Quay-Portrieux

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


Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

→ English: Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (a village in the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


Dol-de-Bretagne

→ English: Dol-de-Bretagne

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


Rosporden

→ English: Rosporden

Rosporden (a town in the Finistère 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)


Huelgoat

→ English: Huelgoat

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


Brindes

From Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from Messapic.

Brindisi (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


États pontificaux

fr-proper noun

(les) États pontificaux m pl (plural only)

(historical) the Papal States (a country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense)


Îles Salomon

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Boutaleb

Boutaleb (a town in Sétif Province, Algeria)


Chlef

Chlef (a city, the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria)


république socialiste soviétique

fr-noun

république socialiste soviétique f (plural républiques socialistes soviétiques)

républiques socialistes soviétiques (plural)

Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Socialist Republic

(historical, government) Soviet Socialist Republic

Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques


États confédérés d'Amérique

fr-proper noun

États confédérés d’Amérique f pl (plural only)

États confédérés d’Amérique (canonical feminine plural)

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America


Ablon-sur-Seine

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


Ablon

* (Village in Calvados): From Middle French. Abelon attested in 1180.

Ablon (a village in the Calvados department, Normandy, France)


Saint-Marcellin

→ English: Saint-Marcellin

Saint-Marcellin (a village in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 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

→ English: Quiévrechain

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


Chaillot

→ English: Chaillot

→ Russian: Шайо́ (Šajó)

Chaillot (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Montparnasse

→ English: Montparnasse

→ Russian: Монпарна́с (Monparnás)

From mont (“mount”) + Parnasse (“Parnassus”).

Montparnasse (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Javel

→ Czech: Javel

→ English: Javel

→ German: Javel

→ Romanian: Javel

→ Russian: Жаве́ль (Žavélʹ)

→ Moroccan Arabic: جاڤيل

Il y a des hôtels et des parcs dans Grenelle, des vestiges de maisons de campagne dans le vieux Javel. C’est tout cela qu’il faut maintenir pour conserver l’air de Paris.

1955, Débats de l'Assemblée nationale, volume 33, page 2752:

Javel (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Auteuil

→ English: Auteuil

→ German: Auteuil

→ Ottoman Turkish: اوتوی (Otöy)

→ Russian: Отёй (Otjój)

Auteuil (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)

Auteuil (a commune of the Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France)

Auteuil (a commune of the Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France)


Saint-Gaudérique

Holonym: Perpignan

Saint-Gaudérique (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Saint-Gaudéric

LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-Saint-Gaudéric.wav

Saint-Gaudéric (a village in Aude, Occitanie)


Sant Galdric

Holonym: Salses-le-Château

A district of Salses-le-Château, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie


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)


étendue d'eau

étendue d’ eau (canonical feminine)
étendues d’eau (plural)


Longchamp

→ English: Longchamp

→ Russian: Лонша́н (Lonšán)

Longchamp (a commune of the Côte-d'Or department, France)

Longchamp (a commune of the Haute-Marne department, France)

Longchamp (a commune of the Vosges department, France)


Piray

Holonym: Perpignan

A district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie


Sant Vicenç

Holonym: Perpignan


Mas Guérido

Holonym: Perpignan

Mas Guérido (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Clos Banet

Holonym: Perpignan

Clos Banet (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Bas-Vernet

Holonym: Perpignan

Bas-Vernet (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Moulin-à-Vent

Holonym: Perpignan

Moulin-à-Vent (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Dixie Alley

Unadapted borrowing from English Dixie Alley.

ubor

Dixie Alley
Dixie Alley#English:_Q3032600

(meteorology) Dixie Alley (a region of the Gulf of Mexico coast United States, which experiences a large number of tornado occurrences)


Château-Roussillon

Previously Castel-Roussillon, from Catalan Castell Rosselló.

Holonym: Perpignan

Château-Roussillon (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Torreilles

English: Torreilles

Borrowed from Catalan Torrelles. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Torreilles (a village in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

English: Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

Borrowed from Catalan Vilallonga de la Salanca. Villelongue de la Salanque attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

bor+

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (a village in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


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)


Concarneau

→ German: Concarneau

→ English: Concarneau

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


Bannalec

→ English: Bannalec

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


Guilvinec

→ English: Guilvinec

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


Pontivy

→ English: Pontivy

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


Douarnenez

→ English: Douarnenez

Douarnenez (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)


Pont-Aven

→ English: Pont-Aven

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


Audierne

→ English: Audierne

Audierne (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)


Bettembos

→ English: Bettembos

Bettembos (a village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Caulières

→ English: Caulières

Caulières (a village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Offignies

→ English: Offignies

Offignies (a village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Chièvres

→ English: Chièvres

Chièvres (a town in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium)


Vignacourt

→ English: Vignacourt

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


Picquigny

→ English: Picquigny

Picquigny (a village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Naours

→ English: Naours

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


Doullens

English: Doullens, dowlas

Doullens (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)


Lucheux

→ English: Lucheux

Lucheux (a village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Zwevegem

Zwevegem (a town in West Flanders, Belgium)


Cambligneul

→ English: Cambligneul

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


Liévin

→ English: Liévin

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


Ath

Ath (a town in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium)


Courtrai

Kortrijk (a town in West Flanders, Belgium)


Wingles

→ English: Wingles

Wingles (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)


Haubourdin

→ English: Haubourdin

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


Soignies

Soignies (a town in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium)


Mouscron

→ English: Mouscron

Mouscron (a town in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium)


Akwesasne

Akwesasne: A Mohawk territory in North America, at the triple point of the New York state, Ontario, Quebec border lying astride the Canada-United States international boundary.


Saint-Cyr

A commune of the Ardèche department, France

A commune of the Manche department, France

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

A commune of the Vienne department, France


La Grande-Motte

A commune of the Hérault department, France.


Venasque

Perhaps from a pre-Celtic root Ven- also found in Benasque + -asque.

A commune of the Vaucluse department, France.


Le Beaucet

Diminutive of Provençal baus (“escarpment”).

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

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


îles Égéennes

les îles Égéennes (canonical feminine plural)


îles Égées

les îles Égées (canonical feminine plural)


isles Ægées

les isles Ægées (canonical feminine plural)

Archaic spelling of les îles Égées (“the Aegean Islands”).


mer Tyrrhénienne

la mer Tyrrhénienne (canonical feminine)


océan Austral

Austral Ocean (the ocean surrounding Antarctica)


Carpentras

Borrowed from Provençal Carpentràs, from Latin Carpentoracte, from Gaulish.


Laghouat

der

Arabic الأَغْوَاط (al-ʔaḡwāṭ)


Moumoulous

→ English: Moumoulous

Borrowed from Occitan Montmolós. Montmouloux attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Hautes-Pyrénées

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


Saint-Sever-de-Rustan

→ English: Saint-Sever-de-Rustan

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Sever d'Arrostanh. Sᵗ Sever de Rustan attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

bor+

Holonym: Hautes-Pyrénées

Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Vaison-la-Romaine

→ English: Vaison-la-Romaine

Holonym: Vaucluse

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


Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison

→ English: Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison

Saint-Marcellin + lès + Vaison. Previously Saint Marcelin (Cassini map, 1740s).

Holonym: Vaucluse

Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison (a village in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Roaix

→ English: Roaix

Borrowed from Occitan Roais. Roays attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Vaucluse

Roaix (a village in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Zéralda

Zeralda (a commune in the province of Algiers, Algeria)


Souvignargues

→ English: Souvignargues

Borrowed from Occitan Sauvinhargues. Souvigniargues attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Gard

Souvignargues (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Fontanès

Borrowed from Occitan Fontanés.
*(village in gard): Fontanes de Leques attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Fontanès (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Gard

Fontanès (a village in the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


Fontanès

→ English: Fontanès

Holonym: Loire

Fontanès (a village in the Loire department, Occitanie, France)


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)


Tournay

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

Tournay (a village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)


Canet

English: Canet

Borrowed from Catalan Canet or Occitan Canet.

Holonym: Aude

Canet (a village in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Hérault

Canet (a village in the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


Flandre-Orientale

Holonym: Flandre


Flandre-Occidentale

Holonym: Flandre


Saleilles

English: Saleilles

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

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


Têt

Têt (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Tech

Borrowed from Catalan Tec. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Tech (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Alénya

English: Alénya

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

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


Agly

Borrowed from Catalan Aglí. Lagly attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


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

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)


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-sur-Tech

→ Catalan: Arles de Tec

→ English: Arles-sur-Tech

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

Holonym: Vallespir

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


Montjoie

* (Montjoie-en-Couserans): Borrowed from Occitan Montjòi. Montjoy attested on the Cassini map (1740s), Monjoie on the Carte d'état-major (1820-1866).

Holonym: Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Monschau (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Rodès

→ English: Rodès

Borrowed from Catalan Rodès. Rhodés attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Rodès (a village in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Bouleternère

→ English: Bouleternère

Boule Ternere[?] attested on the Cassini map (1740s), from Catalan Bulaternera.

Bouleternère (a village in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Vinça

English: Vinça

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

Meronym: Sahorle

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


Blagnac

→ English: Blagnac

Holonym: Haute-Garonne

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


Mérignac

→ English: Mérignac

Holonym: Gironde

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


Blaignac

→ English: Blaignac

Holonym: Gironde

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


Trein

Borrowed from Occitan. Trein d’Ustou attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Ustou

A village in Ustou, Ariège department, Occitanie, France


Optevoz

→ English: Optevoz

Obtevoz attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Optevoz (a village in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Ustou

→ English: Ustou

Borrowed from Occitan Uston. Sᵗ Lizier d’Ustou attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Bielle, Saint-Lizier, Sérac, Trein

Ustou (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Pampelune

Holonym: Navarre


Pampelonne

Borrowed from Occitan Pampalona. Pampellonne attested on the Cassini map (1740s). Named after Pamplona.

Holonym: Tarn

Pampelonne (a village in the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)


Pompélona

Holonym: Tarraconaise

(historical) Pompelo (a city in Hispania)


Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

→ Dutch: Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

From trieux, from Walloon try (trixhe < triche), from Dutch driesch.


Tomblaine

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


Genêts

English: Genêts

Geneſt attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Meronym: Tombelaine

A village in the Manche department, Normandy, France.


Tombelaine

Attested on the Cassini map (1740s). Mentioned as Rocher de Tombelaine on Géoportail.

Holonym: Genêts

An island in the Manche department, Normandy, France

Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière


Bulgnéville

A village in the Vosges department, Grand Est, France


Sucy

(Town): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Sucy (a small river in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France)


Saulxures

A village in the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France

A village in the Haute-Marne department, Grand Est, France


Orgeix

→ English: Orgeix

Borrowed from Occitan Orgeish. Orgeis attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Orgeix (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


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


Orlu

→ English: Orlu

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

Orlu (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Saulxures-lès-Bulgnéville

Sauxure lez Bulgnéville attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Saulxures-lès-Nancy

Sauxure attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Saulxures-lès-Vannes

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


Tremblay-en-France

Tremblay attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Oueilloux

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

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


Hitte

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

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


Ordizan

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

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


Antist

Borrowed from Occitan Antist. Antiſt ttested on the Cassini map (1740s).

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


Cizos

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

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


Orignac

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

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


Juillan

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

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


Azereix

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

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


Gez-ez-Angles

→ English: Gez-ez-Angles

From Occitan Gès. Ges des Angles attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Gez-ez-Angles (a village 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)


Ossun-ez-Angles

→ English: Ossun-ez-Angles

From Occitan Ossun. Oſsun des Angles attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Ossun-ez-Angles (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Pissevin

Holonym: Pissevin-Valdegour

Pissevin (a district of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)


Valdegour

Holonym: Pissevin-Valdegour

Valdegour (a district of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)


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)


Vaquerolles

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

Holonym: Nîmes

Vaquerolles (a farm in Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)


Saint-Mamert-du-Gard

→ English: Saint-Mamert-du-Gard

Occitan Sant Mamet. Sᵗ Mamet attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Saint-Mamert-du-Gard (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Parignargues

→ English: Parignargues

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

Parignargues (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Saint-Bauzély

→ English: Saint-Bauzély

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Bausèli. Sᵗ Beauzelly outre Gardon attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Saint-Bauzély (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Saint-Beauzély

→ English: Saint-Beauzély

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Bausèli. Sᵗ Beauzely de Levesou attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Saint-Beauzély (a village in the Aveyron department, Occitanie, France)


Gardon

Borrowed from Occitan Gardon, from the Roman name, Latin Vardo, possibly of pre-Roman origin, but compare the river Varus. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Gard, Lozère

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


Lévézou

→ English: Lévézou

Borrowed from Occitan Leveson. Levesou attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Lévézou (a plateau in the Aveyron department, Occitanie, France)


Pissevin-Valdegour

Holonym: Nîmes

Meronyms: Pissevin, Valdegour

Pissevin-Valdegour (a district of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)


Montignargues

→ English: Montignargues

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

Holonym: Gard

Montignargues (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Royaume d'Espagne

Royaume d’ Espagne (canonical masculine)

Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Spain#English

Kingdom of Spain (official name of Spain)


Sainté

Clipping of Saint-Étienne (“Saint-Étienne”)

clipping

(informal) Clipping of Saint-Étienne (a city in France).


Cram-Chaban

→ English: Cram-Chaban

Cram + Chaban. Cram le Hameau, Cram le Prieure and Chaban attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Charente-Maritme

Cram-Chaban (a village in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Chaban

Holonym: Cram-Chaban

Chaban (a hamlet of Cram-Chaban, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Betafo

Betafo (a town in Vakinankaratra, Madagascar)


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)


Torcé

→ English: Torcé

Holonym: Ille-et-Vilaine

Torcé (a village in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Mauzé

(Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon): Attested as MAUZE on the Cassini map (1740s).
:(farm in Torcé): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

A farm in Torcé, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.


Notre-Dame

(by ellipsis) Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris


Boissezon

→ English: Boissezon

Borrowed from Occitan Boisseson. Attested as Boiẞezon on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Tarn

Boissezon (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Noailhac

→ English: Noailhac

From Occitan Noalhac. Attested as N. D. de Noylhiac on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Tarn

Noailhac (a village in the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)


Itxassou

Itxassou (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Souraïde

Souraïde (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Arbonne

Arbonne (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Macaye

Macaye (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Ascarat

Ascarat (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bassussarry

From Occitan Bassussarri, from Basque Basusarri.

Bassussarry (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Louhossoa

Louhossoa (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bidart

Bidart (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Arcangues

From Occitan Arcangos, from Basque Arrangoitze.

Arcangues (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Murdochville

Murdochville (a town in the Gaspésie region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Marsoui

Marsoui (a village in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Espelette

Espelette (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


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)


Saint-Pascal

Saint-Pascal (a town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Baie-Comeau

Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, Québécois naturalist.

Baie-Comeau (a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada)


Le Boulou

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


Vaudreuil-Dorion

Compound of Vaudreuil + Dorion, names of the two towns that merged to form the new municipality.

Vaudreuil-Dorion (a town in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon

Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (a town in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada)


Mont-Joli

From mont (“mountain”) + joli (“pretty”).

Mont-Joli (a town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon

Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon (a locality in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Havre-Saint-Pierre

Havre-Saint-Pierre (a village in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (a town in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada)


Trois-Pistoles

Trois-Pistoles (a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Baie-Saint-Paul

Baie-Comeau (a city in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada)


Canet-en-Roussillon

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

Holonym: Roussillon

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

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


Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (a city in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada)


Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (a town in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts

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


Sorel-Tracy

Compound of Sorel + Tracy, names of the two towns that amalgamated to form the city.

Sorel-Tracy (a city in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (a city in the Eastern Townships region of southern Quebec, Canada)


Argelès-sur-Mer

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


Lebel-sur-Quévillon

Lebel-sur-Quévillon (a city in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Jean-de-Luz

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


Guéthary

From Occitan Guetari, from Basque Getaria.

Guéthary (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Prétoria

Pretoria (the capital city of South Africa)


Lecumberry

A village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Émilie-Romagne

administrative region
administrative region

Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)


Trentin-Haut-Adige

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English:_Q1237

Trentino-Alto Adige (an autonomous region of northern Italy)


Kœnigsberg

Borrowed from German Königsberg, from König (“king”) + Berg (“mountain”), named in honour/honor of Ottokar II, king of Bohemia.

(historical) Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)


Trébizonde

Borrowed from Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta).


Moselotte

Holonym: Vosges

Moselotte (a right tributary of the Moselle in Grand Est, France)


Cimiez

→ English: Cimiez

→ Russian: Симье (Simʹje)


Crémone

Borrowed from Italian Cremona or Latin Cremōna.

Cremona (a province and city in Lombardy, Italy)


perfide Albion

→ English: Perfidious Albion (calque)

First coined by the French poet and playwright Augustin Louis de Ximénès at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Augustin Louis de Ximénès
French Revolutionary Wars


Djaïpour

Il existait en effet dans le palais du maharadjah de Djaïpour une série de tapis portant des étiquettes mentionnant qu’ils avaient été fabriqués à Lahore.

1900, Paul Ferniot, L'Inde; lectures de géographie et d'histoire, accompagnées d'analyses, de résumés, de notes et notices explicatives, etc. et de nombreuses gravures, Grasset, page 25:

Indeed in the palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur there was a series of carpets that had labels saying that they had been made in Lahore.

Jaipur (the state capital of Rajasthan, India)


Hotevilla

Borrowed from English Hotevilla, itself from Hopi Hotvela.

Holonym: Hotevilla-Bacavi

Hotevilla (A Hopi village in Arizona, United States).


Hotevilla-Bacavi

Holonym: Arizona

Meronyms: Bacavi, Hotevilla, Oraibi

census-designated place
census-designated place

Hotevilla-Bacavi (a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States).


Tôtes

→ English: Tôtes

Tôtes (a village in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France)


île Seguin

After Armand Seguin, who bought the island in 1794.

Holonyms: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine

An island in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France


pics San Francisco

les pics San Francisco (canonical masculine plural)

San Francisco Peaks
San Francisco Peaks#English

The San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


monts San Francisco

San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


Symè

Σύμη, ης (ἡ) [ῡ] Symè (auj. Simmi ou Symi) petite î. sur la côte de Carie, Hdt. 1,174; Thc. 8,41, etc.
Σύμηθεν [ῡ] adv. de Symè, Il. 2,671; Arstt. Rhet. 3,12; Q. Sm. 11,61 (Σύμη).

1895, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,822, column 3, «Σύμη» and «Σύμηθεν»:

Σύμη, ης (ἡ) [ῡ] Syme (today Simi or Symi) small i. off the coast of Caria, Hdt.1.174, Th.8.41, etc.
Σύμηθεν [ῡ] adv. from Syme, Il.2.671, Arist.Rh.3.12, Q.Sm.11.61 (Σύμη).

Syme (an island in the Dodecanese, Greece)


Australasie

Literally, “the southern Asia”, from Latin australis (“southern”).

Australasia (a region of Oceania, consisting of Australia, New Zealand and some neighboring islands)


Toulouges

→ English: Toulouges

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

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


Mödlareuth

Holonyms: Gefell, Töpen

Mödlareuth (a village in Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany)


Petit Colorado

The Little Colorado (a tributary of the Colorado in Arizona, United States)


Walpi

Borrowed from English Walpi, itself from Hopi.

Walpi (a village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States).


Shongopovi

Borrowed from English Shongopovi, itself from Hopi Songòopavi.

Shongopovi (a village and census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States).


canyon du Diable

Holonym: Arizona

Canyon Diablo (a canyon in Northern Arizona)


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)


plateforme de glace

fr-noun

plateforme de glace f (plural plateformes de glace)


plate-forme de glace

plate-forme de glace f (plural plate-formes de glace)


Planty

Planty (a village in the Aube department, Grand Est, France)


Dadou

→ English: Dadou

Holonym: Tarn

A right tributary of the Agout in Occitanie, France


Thérech

Holonym: Montjoie-en-Couserans

A lieu-dit in Montjoie-en-Couserans, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Bentefarine

Holonym: Bax

A farm in Bax, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France

Holonym: Gibel

A farm in Gibel, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Montseron

Meronym: Magarat


Saint-Félix-Lauragais

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Lauragais

Meronym: Bentofarino

A village in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Baliar

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

Holonym: Montjoie-en-Couserans

A hamlet in Montjoie-en-Couserans, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Magarat

Holonym: Montseron

A lieu-dit in Montseron, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Holonym: Saint-Girons

A hamlet in Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Carla-Bayle

Carla + Bayle. After philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706).

Meronym: Encausse


Plantaurel

Meronym: Petites Pyrénées


Petites Pyrénées

les Petites Pyrénées (canonical feminine plural)

Holonym: Plantaurel


Canet Plage

Holonym: Canet-en-Roussillon

A neighbourhood and coastal resort of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales, 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


Montbrun

→ English: Montbrun

(Montbrun-Bocage): Borrowed from Occitan Montbrun. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

A village and former commune of Lozère, Occitanie, France

A village and former commune of Haute-Vienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Bade-Wurtemberg

From German Baden-Württemberg. From Bade + Wurtemberg

États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe


Saxe-Anhalt

Calque of German Sachsen-Anhalt. From Saxe + Anhalt


Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale

From German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From Mecklembourg + Poméranie-Occidentale

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania#English

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (a state of Germany)


Marioupol

Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ).

bor+

Mariupol (a city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Bakhmut (a raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)


Kryvyï Rih

From Ukrainian Криви́й Рі́г (Kryvýj Ríh).

bor

Криви́й Рі́г

Kryvyi Rih (a city in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Kryvyi Rih (a raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)


Bakhmout

Borrowed from Ukrainian Бахмут (Baxmut).

Bakhmut (a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)


Gueldre

Gelderland (a province of the Netherlands)


Brabant-Septentrional

North Brabant (a province of the Netherlands)


Hollande-Méridionale

South Holland (a province of the Netherlands)


Hollande-Septentrionale

North Holland (a province of the Netherlands)


Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures

Appenzell Inner Rhodes
Appenzell Inner Rhodes#English

Appenzell Inner Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)


Bâle-Campagne

Basel-Landschaft (a canton of Switzerland)


Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures

Appenzell Outer Rhodes
Appenzell Outer Rhodes#English

Appenzell Outer Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)


Presbourg

Pressburg (former name of Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia)


Tupungato

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Tupungato, itself from a Huarpean language.

ubor

Tupungato (volcano on the Argentina-Chile border).


Manneville-sur-Risle

Manneville sur Rille on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Eure

Manneville-sur-Risle (a village in the Eure department, France)


Risle

From Middle French Risla, from Medieval Latin *Risilina, by metathesis from fluvius Lirizinus (Saint Germer), Latinized from a hydronym *Lericina, *Liricina, a form derived from the primitive name of the *Lera, also found in the of the village *Lira (compare La Vieille-Lyre) and ultimately related to the source of Liger.

Holonym: Normandie

The Risle (a left tributary of the Seine in Normandy, France)


Vernègues

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

Vernègues (a village in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 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)


Corneville-sur-Risle

Corneville sur Rille on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Eure

Corneville-sur-Risle (a village in the Eure department, France)


Ercé

→ English: Ercé

Holonym: Couserans

Ercé (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Bougareit

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

Holonym: Massat

A hamlet in Massat, Ariège department, Occitanie, France


L'Haÿ-les-Roses

L'Haÿ-les-Roses (a village in the Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Bethmale

→ English: Bethmale

Holonym: Couserans

Bethmale (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Mérens-les-Vals

→ English: Mérens-les-Vals

Holonym: Ariège

Mérens-les-Vals (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Poipet

Banteay Meanchey
Banteay Meanchey#English

Poipet (a city in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia)


Jénine

Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Chabanais

→ English: Chabanais

Chabanais (a village in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Saint-Junien

→ English: Saint-Junien

Saint-Junien (a 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)


Malesherbes

→ English: Malesherbes

Holonym: Le Malesherbois

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

Malesherbes (a former town in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Bainghen

→ English: Bainghen

Holonym: Pas-de-Calais

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


Saint-Boès

→ English: Saint-Boès

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Saint-Boès (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Sormiou

→ English: Sormiou

Holonym: Marseille

Sormiou (a neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Susmiou

→ English: Susmiou

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Susmiou (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Hagetmau

→ English: Hagetmau

Holonym: Chalosse

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


Ossages

→ English: Ossages

Holonym: Landes

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


Basse-Autriche

Calque of German Niederösterreich, By surface analysis, bas + Autriche


Saint-Girons-en-Béarn

→ English: Saint-Girons-en-Béarn

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Saint-Girons-en-Béarn (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Baigts-de-Béarn

→ English: Baigts-de-Béarn

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Baigts-de-Béarn (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Haute-Autriche

Calque of German Oberösterreich, By surface analysis, haut + Autriche.


Accous

→ English: Accous

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Accous (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cuqueron

→ English: Cuqueron

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Cuqueron (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cucuron

→ English: Cucuron

Holonym: Vaucluse

Cucuron (a village in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Cette

Holonym: Cette-Eygun

Cette (a village in Cette-Eygun, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cuguron

→ English: Cuguron

Holonym: Comminges

Cuguron (a village in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Cette-Eygun

→ English: Cette-Eygun

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Cette-Eygun (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Mouterre-sur-Blourde

→ English: Mouterre-sur-Blourde

Holonym: Vienne

Mouterre-sur-Blourde (a village in the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Eygun

A village in Cette-Eygun, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

A farm in Lourdios-Ichère, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Puyoô

→ English: Puyoô

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Puyoô (a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Chalosse

Holonym: Landes

Meronyms: Dax, Hagetmau, Narrosse, Pomarez, Saint-Sever, Samadet

Chalosse (a natural region of Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Gabarret

Borrowed from Occitan Gabarret, see Gabarre.

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


Bicêtre

Borrowed and corrupted from English Winchester.

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre#English

A former estate in Paris, France; now part of the commune of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.


Orthez

Holonym: Béarn

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


Sentaraille

* (surname):Borrowed from Occitan Sentaralha, see Saint-Arailles.

Sentaraille (a village in Lorp-Sentaraille, Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Xaintrailles

Michel Grosclaude
Orthez
fr:Xaintrailles

Borrowed from Occitan Sentralha, ultimately from Latin Sancta Eulalia. Apparently extinct as a surname (last attested 1891-1915 in Lot-et-Garonne).

A village in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Saint-Araille

Borrowed from Occitan Senta Aralha, see Saint-Arailles.

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


Aubrac

Holonym: Massif Central

Aubrac (a plateau of the Massif Central, France)


Aubrac

A village in Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, Aveyron, Occitanie, France


Pierrefonds

Pierrefonds (a commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France, France)

Pierrefonds (a former town in Quebec, Canada)


Canebière

Holonym: Marseille

The Canebière (a high street of Marseille, France)


Hurbache

→ English: Hurbache

Hurbache (a commune of the Canton of Raon-l’Étape, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges department, Grand Est, France)


Lathus

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


Afrique de l'Ouest

Afrique de l’ Ouest (canonical feminine)


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)


Chemin-Bas-d'Avignon

le Chemin Bas d’ Avignon (canonical masculine)

Holonym: Nîmes

Chemin-Bas-d'Avignon (a district of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie)


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)


Chanteraine

Holonym: Meuse

Chanteraine (a village in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)


Chanteraine

→ English: Chanteraine

Holonym: Cher

A right tributary of the Vauvise in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Orge

→ English: Orge

Holonym: Île-de-France

A left tributary of the Seine, Île-de-France, France.


Saâcy-sur-Marne

→ English: Saâcy-sur-Marne

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

Saâcy-sur-Marne (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Saint-Jacques

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (the capital city of Galicia, Spain)


Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle

Santiago de Compostela (a city in A Coruña, Galicia)


Houat

Houat (an island in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Hœdic

Hœdic (an island in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)

Hœdic (a village in the Morbihan department, Brittany, France)


Concots

→ English: Concots

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

Holonym: Lot

Concots (a village in the Lot department, Occitanie, France)


Crégols

→ English: Crégols

Borrowed from Occitan Cregòls. Crigols attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Lot

Crégols (a village in the Lot department, Occitanie, France)


Céret

English: Céret

LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Céret.wav

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

Holonym: Vallespir

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


Vissous

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

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


Trilbardou

→ English: Trilbardou

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

Trilbardou (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Vignely

→ English: Vignely

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

Vignely (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Charmentray

→ English: Charmentray

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

Charmentray (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Toussus-le-Noble

→ English: Toussus-le-Noble

Holonym: Yvelines

Toussus-le-Noble (a village in Yvelines, Île-de-France, France)


Pantin

Pantin (a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France)


Saint-Blaise

→ English: Saint-Blaise

Holonym: Alpes-Maritimes

Saint-Blaise (a village and commune of Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Créneau

English: Créneau

Dourdou de Conques
Dourdou de Conques#English

The Créneau (a left tributary of the Dourdou de Conques in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Cruou

English: Cruou

Holonym: causse Comtal

The Cruou (a right tributary of the Créneau in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Mondalazac

Holonym: Salles-la-Source

A village in Salles-la-Source, Aveyron, Occitanie, France


Valady

→ English: Valady

Holonym: causse Comtal

Valady (a village and commune of Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Nauviale

→ English: Nauviale

Holonym: causse Comtal

Nauviale (a village and commune of Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Marcillac-Vallon

→ English: Marcillac-Vallon

Holonym: causse Comtal

Marcillac-Vallon (a village and commune of Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou

Holonym: Conques-en-Rouergue

A village in Conques-en-Rouergue, 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)


Saint-Christophe-Vallon

→ English: Saint-Christophe-Vallon

Holonym: causse Comtal

Saint-Christophe-Vallon (a village and commune of Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Conques-en-Rouergue

/kɔ̃.kɑ̃.ʁwɛʁɡ/

Holonym: causse Comtal

Meronym: Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou


Firmi

Holonym: causse Comtal

A small town in 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)


Thiérache

→ English: Thiérache

Meronyms: Guise, Fourmies, Vervins

Thiérache (a region shared between Hauts-de-France, France and Wallonia, Belgium)


Fontaine-lès-Vervins

→ English: Fontaine-lès-Vervins

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

Fontaine-lès-Vervins (a village in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Thenailles

→ English: Thenailles

As Thenaille on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

Thenailles (a village in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Luynes

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

The Luynes (a left tributary of the Arc in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Luynes

Holonym: Indre-et-Loire

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


Luynes

English: Luynes

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence

A neighborhood of Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Quart

?→ English: Quart


Grande-Synthe

Le scénario du guet-apens se confirme, à Grande-Synthe (Nord).

2024 April 20, “Grande-Synthe : le scénario du guet-apens mortel se confirme”, in L'Indépendant, →ISSN, France—International:

A commune of the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Restonica

Restonica (a right tributary of the Tavignano, Corsica, France)


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


Robotyne

Robotyne (a village in Tokmak urban hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the Ukraine, settled in 1818, incorporated in 1869)


Quémènès

From Breton Kemenez, from enez (“island”).

Quemenes (an island in Molene, Finistere Department, Brittany, France).


Molène

English: Molene

From Breton Molenez, from moal (“bald”) + enez (“island”), from a general lack of trees.

Molenes (an archipelago off Brittany, France)

Molene (a commune comprising the archipelago off Brittany, France)


Arcachon

A commune of the Gironde department, France


Imsouane

Imsouane (a town and rural commune of Souss-Massa, Morocco).


Monthieux

→ English: Monthieux

Monthieux (a village in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Gardí Sugdub

Holonym: archipel de San Blas


archipel de San Blas

l'archipel de San Blas (canonical masculine)

Holonym: mer des Caraïbes

Meronym: Gardí Sugdub

San Blas Islands
San Blas Islands#English

The San Blas Islands (an archipelago in Panama).


Masdar

Holonym: Abou Dabi

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

Masdar City (a new town in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).


Neom

Borrowed from English Neom, itself from neo- and Arabic مستقبل (mustaqbal).

Holonym: Arabie Saoudite


Colomiers

English: Colomiers

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


BedZED

Borrowed from English BedZED, an initialism of Beddington Zero Energy Development.

Holonym: Sutton

BedZED (an ecodistrict in Sutton borough, London, United Kingdom)


Dongtan

Borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin, from Chinese 東灘 /东滩.

Holonym: île de Chongming

Dongtan (an abandoned ecocity project in Shanghai, China)


Mazères-sur-Salat

English: Mazères-sur-Salat

Holonym: Comminges

Mazères-sur-Salat (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Martres-Tolosane

English: Martres-Tolosane

Holonym: Comminges

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


Figarol

From Occitan Higaròu.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.

Holonym: Comminges

Figarol (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Cucugnan

→ English: Cucugnan

Holonyms: Aude, Corbières

Holonym: Quéribus

Cucugnan (a village in Aude, Occitanie, France)


Sarcelles

Sarcelles (a commune and city in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France)


Montaudran

Holonym: Toulouse

A neighborhood of Toulouse, Occitanie, France


Matabiau

Holonym: Toulouse


Célony

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence

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

A neighborhood of Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Belle de Mai

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Les Milles

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence


Éguilles

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

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


Rangueil

* (district of Toulouse): After capitoul Louis-François de Rangueil who built a castle there in the 18th century.
* (surname): Borrowed from Occitan Ranguèlh. Apparently extinct although Forebears.io mentions one occurrence in the Hauts-de-France region.

Holonym: Toulouse


Ranchien

A farm in Marolles-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.


Leguenchal

A farm in Dingé, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.


Missillac

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

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


Trabouic

A hamlet in Dingé, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.


Couabise

A farm in Saint-Ybars, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Bouffry

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


Crabot

A lieu-dit in Saint-Ybars, Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Bouffil

Borrowed from Occitan. Likely related to nearby Buffel valley.

A farm in Gaillac-Toulza, Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France.


Egvonne

English: Egvonne

The Egvonne (a right tributary of the Loir in Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Massabrac

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


Esplas

A village and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Ruan-sur-Egvonne

1970. Formerly Ruan, from Latin Rothomagum.

Meronym: Malnoue


Durfort

A village and commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, 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


Malnoë

Likely from Gallo and a variant of Malnoue.

A hamlet in Drefféac, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.

A farm in La Bouexière, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.

La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne#English

A farm in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.

A hamlet in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.

A farm in Saint-Père-en-Retz, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Saint-Ybars

Meronyms: Barbouteau, Couabise, Fantilhou, Gazéou, Lacay, Roubi


Malnoue

From malnoue (literally “bad (marshy) pasture”), from mal- + noue.

A farm in La Gaubretière, Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.

A farm in Marolles-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.

A farm in Ruan-sur-Egvonne, Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

A hamlet in Soulaines-sur-Aubance, Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Malnoue

A district of Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Lacay

A farm in Saint-Ybars, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Oneille

Holonym: Imperia

Oneglia (a neighborhood of Imperia, Liguria, Italia)


Esplas-de-Sérou

Holonym: Séronais

Meronyms: Buscaillère, Cabirol, Camel, Eychenne, Jorles, Peyreguet, Pla d’Alozy

Esplas-de-Sérou (a village and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Cité du Vatican

LL-Q150 (fra)-Ncfavier-Cité du Vatican.wav

Calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”). See Vatican City for more.

Vatican City State
Vatican City State#English

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State


Clémont

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


Souesmes

A village 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.


Salbris

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


Clignancourt

From Latin Clenini Curtis, according to Jean Lebeuf.


Kabaw

Holonym: djebel Nefoussa

Kabaw (a town in the Nalut District, Libya)


djebel Nefoussa

le djebel Nefoussa (canonical masculine)

Meronym: Kabaw

Nafusa Mountains
Nafusa Mountains#English

The Nafusa Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Libya)


Chanakyapuri

Holonym: New Delhi

Chanakyapuri (a neighborhood of New Delhi, India)


Tatinghem

→ English: Tatinghem

Holonym: Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem

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


Vivekanand Camp

Unadapted borrowing from English Vivekanand Camp.

Holonym: New Delhi

Vivekanand Camp (a shantytown in New Delhi, India)


Blendecques

→ English: Blendecques

Holonym: Audomarois

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


Salperwick

→ English: Salperwick

Salperwick (a village and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


comté de Siskiyou

le comté de Siskiyou (canonical masculine)

Siskiyou County (a county of California; county seat: Yreka)


Ingouchie

Ingushetia (a republic of Russia; capital and largest city: Nazran)


Oufa

Ufa (the capital city of Bashkortostan, Russia)


Louhansk

Luhansk (the capital city of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine)


Irkoutsk

Irkutsk (a city, the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia)


Tcheliabinsk

Chelyabinsk (a city, the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)


Oulan-Oudé

Ulan-Ude (the capital city of Buryatia, Russia)


Labourd

From Latin Lapurdum, from Basque Lapurdi.

Labourd (a historical province of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine).


La Ciotat

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


Sud-Est

Haitian Creole: Sidès

Sud-Est (a department of Haiti; capital: Jacmel)


Neuilly

A commune of the Eure department, France.

A commune of the Nièvre department, France.


Baloutchistan

Borrowed from Persian بلوچستان (balučestân, balōčistān).

bor+

Balochistan (a region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people)


Pigalle

Named after the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.

Pigalle (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


île de la Jeunesse

Haitian Creole: Lil Lajenès

Isle of Youth (an island and special municipality south of the island of Cuba)


La Nouvelle-Ibérie

New Iberia (a city in Louisiana, United States)


Léogâne

Haitian Creole: Leyogàn

A commune and capital of Léogâne, Ouest department, Haiti

An arrondisement in the Ouest department, Haiti


Grand-Goâve

Haitian Creole: Grangwav

Grand-Goâve (a commune of Léogâne, Ouest department, Haiti)


Maillé

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


Vègre

From Middle French Veigre, Vaigre, Vaygre, from Old French Vesgre, Vegrie, Vegre, Veigrie.

Vègre (a river, a right tributary of the Sarthe, having its source near Rouessé-Vassé, its generally southward course in the Sarthe department, France, and its mouth near Avoise)


Aktaou

Holonym: oblys de Manguistaou

Aktau (a port city on the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan).


Kouryk

Holonym: oblys de Manguistaou

Kuryk (a port town on the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan).


Alat

Alat (a port town on the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan).


Sinnamary

A commune of the French Guiana department.


glacier de Guliya

The Guliya (an ice cap in Rutog County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


Rimkieta

A district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.


Ain Benian

Algiers Province
Algiers Province#English

Ain Benian (a municipality of Algiers Province, Algeria).


Staouéli

Transliteration of Arabic سطاوالي, from Kabyle ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ.

der

Kabyle ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ

Staouéli (a municipality of Algiers Province, Algeria).


Limoilou

A neighbourhood of Quebec, Quebec, Canada.


Grand Colombier

le Grand Colombier (canonical masculine)

Holonyms: Bugey, massif du Jura

(A mountain in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Colombier

Colombier (a village in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Colombier (a village in the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Colombier (a village in the Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Colombier

Short for Grand Colombier (a mountain in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Bugey

Holonym: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Meronyms: Bas-Bugey, Belley, Grand Colombier, Haut-Bugey, Valromey

Bugey (a region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Belley

Holonyms: Ain, Bugey

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


Valromey

Holonyms: Ain, Bugey

Valromey (a historical region of Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Anglefort

→ English: Anglefort

/ɑ̃.ɡlə.fɔʁ/

Anglefort (a village and commune of the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Sos del Rey Católico

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Sos del Rey Católico.

ubor

Holonym: Aragon

Sos del Rey Católico
Sos del Rey Católico#English

Sos del Rey Católico (a village in Aragon, Spain)


Elne

Holonym: Roussillon

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


Ruffieux

Ruffieux (a village in the Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Saint-Cyprien

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

Saint-Cyprien (a village in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Holonym: Roussillon

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


Marcazeau

English: Marcazeau

Holonym: Couserans

The Marcazeau (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Merdançon

English: Merdançon

Holonym: Couserans

The Merdançon (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)

The Merdançon (a tributary of the Tave, Gard, Occitanie, France)


fr-proper noun

République algérienne démocratique et populaire f

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria#English

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (the official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa)


Yatir

Short for forêt de Yatir (forest in Israel)


forêt de Yatir

Holonym: Israël

Yatir Forest (a forest on the edge of the Negev in Israel)


Montardit

→ English: Montardit

Holonym: Couserans

Montardit (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Beit Nouba

Holonym: Palestine

(historical) Bayt Nuba (a former Arab village, now replaced with the Israeli settlement of Mevo Horon in the West Bank, Palestine)


Suisse de l'Asie

la Suisse de l’ Asie (canonical feminine)

Synonym of Singapour (“Switzerland of Asia”)


Tinqueux

→ English: Tinqueux

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


Marfaux

→ English: Marfaux

Marfaux (a village in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Bligny

→ English: Bligny

Bligny (a village in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Chaumuzy

→ English: Chaumuzy

Chaumuzy (a village in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Courtagnon

→ English: Courtagnon

Courtagnon (a village in the Marne department, Grand Est, France)


Lubbon

→ English: Lubbon

Lubbon (a village in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Alzen

→ English: Alzen

Holonym: Couserans

Alzen (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Cérons

→ English: Cérons

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


Nescus

→ English: Nescus

Holonym: Couserans

Nescus (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


La Bastide-de-Sérou

→ English: La Bastide-de-Sérou

Holonym: Séronais

La Bastide-de-Sérou
La Bastide-de-Sérou#English

La Bastide-de-Sérou (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


forêt du Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

A relict birch gallery forest along the Ciron in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Tonnerre

→ English: Tonnerre

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


Tourtoirac

→ English: Tourtoirac

Tourtoirac (a village and commune of the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Balaguères

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Agert, Agout, Alas, Balagué, Longua, Plamicou, Pujolas


Balagué

A village in Balaguères, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Arjäng

Meronym: Bastnäs

Årjäng (a town and municipality of Värmland, Sweden)


détroit de Magellan

le détroit de Magellan (canonical masculine)

Holonym: Chili


ceinture orogénique

fr-noun

ceinture orogénique f (plural ceintures orogéniques)


cordillère des Andes

la cordillère des Andes (canonical feminine)

Calque of Spanish cordillera de los Andes.

calque

Holonym: cordillère américaine

The Andes Mountains (a mountain range in South America).


Nouvion

→ English: Nouvion

Holonym: canton de Nouvion

Nouvion (a village and commune of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Congy

A commune of the Marne department, France.