Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

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


Martinique

Haitian Creole: Matinik

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


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

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


Guadeloupe

Antillean Creole: Gwadloup

Haitian Creole: Gwadloup

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

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

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


Paris

desctree

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

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

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


Orne

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


Jura

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

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


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


Cher

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

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

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


Corse

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

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


Gard

Gard (a department of Occitanie, France)


Nord

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

der

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


Lot

Inherited from Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).


Tarn

Tarn (a department of Occitanie, France)


Vienne

→ Persian: وین (viyan)

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

Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Manche

Manche (a department of Normandy, France)


Ain

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

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


Meuse

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Meronym: Bar-le-Duc

Meuse (a department of Grand Est, France)


Calvados

Likely from a combination of Latin calvus and dorsum.

Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)


Finistère

Finistere (a cape and department of Brittany, France)


Morbihan

Morbihan (a department of Brittany, France)


Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine (a department of Brittany, France)


Somme

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


Mayenne

The place is named after the River Mayenne, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, spread”); alternatively, from Latin madeo (“to be wet”). Both are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet, moist”).

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

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


Vendée

→ Persian: وانده (vânde)

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


Moselle

Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)


Loire

→ Catalan: Loira

→ English: Loire

→ Polish: Loara

→ Spanish: Loira

Inherited from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.

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


Savoie

From the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia, Sabaudia, referring to fir trees; see sappinus (“type of fir”).

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


Guyane

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


Aude

Aude (a department of Occitanie, France)


Ardèche

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


Rhône

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


Landes

Landes (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Pas-de-Calais

From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) + de (“of”) + Calais.

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Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)


Guyane française

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769


Cantal

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


Ardennes

Ardennes (forest and mountainous region in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France, (INSEE code 08))


Ouest

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A department of Haiti. Capital: Port-au-Prince


Dordogne

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

Dordogne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Sarthe

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


Isère

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


Gironde

Gironde (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Doubs

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

Meronyms: Doubien, Doubiste

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


Vosges

Vosges (a department of Grand Est, France)


Corrèze

Corrèze (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Creuse

Creuse (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Aube

Aube (a department of Grand Est, France)


Indre

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


Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

fr-proper noun

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

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

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


Aveyron

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

der

Aveyron (a department of Occitanie, France)


Drôme

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


Essonne

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

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


Alpes-Maritimes

→ English: Alpes-Maritimes

desc

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

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


Charente

Charente (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Eure

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


Bas-Rhin

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


Hérault

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

Hérault (a department of Occitanie, France)


Gers

Gers (a department of Occitanie, France)


Allier

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


Ariège

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

Meronym: Couserans

Ariège (a department of Occitanie, France)


Aisne

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

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


Loiret

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


Lozère

Lozère (a department of Occitanie, France)


Nièvre

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


Yvelines

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


Oise

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

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


Var

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


Côtes-d'Armor

Côtes-d’Armor (canonical feminine plural)

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


Marne

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

Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)


Vaucluse

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

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


Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne (a department of Limousin, France)


Haute-Loire

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Eure-et-Loir

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


Puy-de-Dôme

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


Loire-Atlantique

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


Charente-Maritime

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


Lot-et-Garonne

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


Bouches-du-Rhône

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


Haut-Rhin

Holonym: Alsace

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

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


Sud

A department of Haiti. Capital: Les Cayes


Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime (a department of Normandy, France)


Maine-et-Loire

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


Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse (a department of Corsica, France)


Corse-du-Sud

Corse-du-Sud (a department of Corsica, France)


Saône-et-Loire

Saône-et-Loire (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Hautes-Pyrénées

→ English: Hautes-Pyrénées

یوقاری پیرنه

→ Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری پیرنه (Yukarı Pirene) (partial calque)

Hautes-Pyrénées (a department of Occitanie, France)


Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meurthe-et-Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)


Hardenne

(Belgium) Alternative form of Ardennes; Ardennes (forest and mountainous region in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France, (INSEE code 08))


Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)


Haute-Savoie

Haute-Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Loir-et-Cher

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


Haute-Saône

Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne (a department of Occitanie, France)


Pyrénées-Orientales

→ English: Pyrénées-Orientales

→ Ottoman Turkish: شرقی پیرنه (Şarkî Pirene) (partial calque)

Pyrénées-Orientales (a department of Occitanie, France)


Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne (a department of Occitanie, France)


Seine-Saint-Denis

Seine-Saint-Denis (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Val-d'Oise

Val-d'Oise (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Territoire de Belfort

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

Territoire de Belfort (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Hautes-Alpes

→ English: Hautes-Alpes

→ Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری آلپ (Yukarı Alp) (partial calque)

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


Indre-et-Loire

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


Sebba

→ English: Sebba

Sebba (a department of Yagha, Burkina Faso)


Nippes

Haitian Creole: Nip

Nippes (a department of Haiti; capital: Miragoâne), formerly the eastern part of Grand’Anse.


Sud-Est

Haitian Creole: Sidès

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