Alaïa

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيَّة (ʕalayya).

Azzedine Alaïa, b. 1935


Azzedine

Borrowed from Arabic عَزّ الدِّين (ʕazz ad-dīn).

bor+

عَزّ الدِّين

Azzedine Alaïa, b. 1935


Raspiengeas

Borrowed from Occitan Raspienjas. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, b. 1958


Lestang

Borrowed from Occitan Lestang. Most prevalent in Tarn-et-Garonne and Dordogne.


Indes

Indosphere (a region of Asia), i.e. both South and Southeast Asia

(uncommon) East Indies (a region of Asia)

(historical, uncommon) plural of Inde, Indias


Pradier

Borrowed from Occitan Pradier. Most prevalent in Gard and Haute-Loire.


24 Sussex

Ellipsis of le 24, promenade Sussex or 24, rue Sussex.

ellipsis of

(Canadian politics, idiomatic) 24 Sussex; Alternative form of 24, Sussex


Long Sault

English: Long Sault

From long (“long”) + sault (“rapids”), from Middle French. From being a long stretch of rapids.

A rapids in the Ottawa River, Quebec, Canada

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

A rapids in the Saint Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada

A village in Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River


Liaoyang

Holonym: Liaodong

Liaoyang (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China).


Yanan

Il y a le tourisme rouge, qui vous entraîne sur les pas de Mao, comme à Yanan, dans le Shaanxi, l’ancien bastion révolutionnaire des communistes avant leur arrivée au pouvoir en 1949.

2013 August 1, Brice Pedroletti, “Comment les Chinois partent en vacances”, in Le Monde, archived from the original on 2013-08-05:

Alternative spelling of Yan’an (A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China)


Artagnan

English: Artagnan

Inherited from Middle French Artanhan, from Old French Artanhano, from Occitan Artanha, from Late Latin Artagna, from Latin Artanius, from Transalpine Gaulish artos (“ursine bear”)+-anum.

der

Artagnan (a commune of Vic-en-Bigorre canton, Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Sanche

a male given name, equivalent to English Sancho


Polycarpe

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polycarp or Polycarpus


Pompée

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Pompey


Polydore

From Latin Polydoros/Polydorus, itself from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Polydorus


Hongkou

Holonym: Puxi


Faugier

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Ardèche department.


Falguières

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Aveyron department.


Fauguières

(very rare) a French surname from Occitan


Fougères

→ English: Fougères

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


Fogiel

Borrowed from Polish Fogiel, itself from German Vogel.

Esther Fogiel, b. 1934

(rare) a surname from Polish [in turn from German]


Fauchier

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Dordogne department.


Vauquier

Most prevalent in Seine-Maritime and Nord departments.


Pélegrin

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Bouches-du-Rhône.

Dominique Louise Pélegrin, b. 1949


Shawi

English: Shawi (“Shawinigan”)

diminutive of Shawinigan (“A city in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada”)


Stains

→ English: Stains

Stains (a city in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, France)


Adélard

Adélard de Bath, b. ca 1080

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Adelard


Jordanès

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Jordanes


Bawumia

Mahamudu Bawumia, b. 1963


Mahamudu

Mahamudu Bawumia, b. 1963


Mazingarbe

→ English: Mazingarbe

Mazingarbe (a city in the Pas-de-Calais department, France)


Zénobie

Borrowed from Latin Zenobia, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía).

A female given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zenobia


Zénobe

Borrowed from Latin Zenobios/Zenobius, from Ancient Greek Ζηνόβιος (Zēnóbios).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zenobius


Sisyphe

Pour soulever un poids si lourd, / Sisyphe, il faudrait ton courage ! / Bien qu’on ait du cœur à l’ouvrage, / L’Art est long et le Temps est court.

1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Le Guignon”, in Les Fleurs du mal:

La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit a remplir un cœur d’homme. Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux.

1942, Albert Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe:


Laaouni

Borrowed from Arabic الْعَوْنِيّ (al-ʕawniyy).


Atton

Atton (a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France)

Atton de Bruniquel, b. ca 1080

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Atto


Guyon

English: Guyon

a surname, Guyon, transferred from the given name


Fleurette

Fleurette de Nérac, d. 1592


Uminski

Philippe Uminski, b. 1948


Mandosio

Jean-Marc Mandosio, b. 1963

(very rare) a French surname from Italian


Nérac

→ English: Nérac

Nérac (a city in the Lot-et-Garonne department, France)


Bruniquel

Bruniquel (a city in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, France)


Kondýlis

Κονδύλης Κονδύλης#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek surname Κονδύλης (Kondýlis).


Candilis

Borrowed from Greek Κανδύλης (Kandýlis).

Georges Candilis, b. 1913


Nolwenn

Borrowed from Breton. See also Gwennoal.


Cazotte

Jacques Cazotte, b. 1719


Bézier

English: Bézier

Pierre Bézier, b. 1910


Laffont

English: Laffont


Malherbe

→ Afrikaans: Malherbe

→ English: Malherbe


de Villiers

English: de Villiers

Afrikaans: de Villiers


du Plessis

English: du Plessis

Afrikaans: du Plessis


Maraval

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Tarn department.


Marval

Marval (a city in the Haute-Vienne department, France)


Mireval

Mireval (a city in the Hérault department, France)


Grande Bleue

mer Méditerranée
mer Méditerranée#French

(journalism) Synonym of mer Méditerranée (“Mediterranean Sea”)


Ghyslain

Alternative form of Ghislain; a male given name from the Germanic languages


Athanase

Borrowed from Latin Athanasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Athanasius


Razafimahefa

(very rare) a French surname from Malagasy


Vaneau

Pierre Vaneau, b. 1653


Grande Ile

(journalism) Alternative form of Grande Île


Grande Île

An island in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France, on the Ill River


Tchou

Claude Tchou, b. 1923

(very rare) a French surname from Chinese


Tcheng

Borrowed from Chinese 程 (chéng)/成 (chéng), etc.


Truteau

English: Truteau

English: Trudeau

English: Truteaux

English: Trudeaux

English: Trutaux

English: Trudaux

English: Trutau

English: Trudau


Monte-Cristo

Alternative form of Montecristo; An island in Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Maël

Borrowed from Breton Mael, from mael (literally “prince”).

a male given name from Breton, equivalent to English Prince, from mael (“prince”)


Maëlle

Borrowed from Breton Maelle, from maelle (literally “princess”).

a female given name from Breton, equivalent to English Princess, from maelle (“princess”)


Grangé

Eugène Grangé, b. 1810


Van Allen

a surname, equivalent to English Van Allen


Pelinq

Christophe Pelinq, b. 1963


Sertao

Holonym: Nordeste

Sertão (a geographical region in northeastern Brazil)


empire du Milieu

l’empire du Milieu (canonical masculine)

Empire du Milieu
Empire du Milieu#French

Alternative letter-case form of Empire du Milieu


Chaix

Latin: Chaixius

Translingual: Chaix

Dominique Chaix, b. 1730


Etat de l'égalité

l’Etat de l’égalité (canonical masculine)

État de l’égalité
État de l'égalité#French

Alternative spelling of État de l’égalité


Kricken

a surname from English, equivalent to English Kricken


État de l'égalité

l’État de l’égalité (canonical masculine)


Sofonea

(very rare) a French surname from Romanian


Frachon

Alain Frachon, b. 1950


Appelhans

Borrowed from Alemannic German Appelhans or German Appelhans.

(rare) a French surname from Alemannic German, equivalent to English Appelhans


Brongniart

desc

Translingual: Brongn., Brongniartella, Brongniartia, Brongniartieae, Brongniartikentia (syn. of Clinosperma)

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, b. 1739


CCNI

Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation#French

(Canada, medicine) NACI (“National Advisory Committee on Immunization”): Abbreviation of Comité consultatif national de l’immunisation.


Geluck

Derived from Dutch geluk (“luck”). Very rare in France and only encountered in Nord.

Philippe Geluck, b. 1954


Vanhoenacker

Borrowed from Dutch Vanhoenacker. Rare in France and most prevalent in Nord.

Charline Vanhoenacker, b. 1977


Lipa

Borrowed from Albanian Lipa. Very rare in France.


Flammarion

Most prevalent in Haute-Marne department.

Camille Flammarion, b. 1842


Badr

Youssef Badr, b. 1981

Badr Boulahroud, b. 1993


Boulahroud

Borrowed from Arabic بُولَهْرُود (būlahrūd).

bor+

Badr Boulahroud, b. 1993


Pulvar

Marc Pulvar, b. 1936


Gouan

Latin: Gouanius

Translingual: Gouan

Antoine Gouan, b. 1733


Ligonès

French toponym encountered in Ardèche and Cantal departments


Tardieu

Holonym: Occitanie

French toponym encountered in southern France


Dupont de Ligonnès

Previously spelled du Pont de Ligonnès. From Occitan [Term?].


Slah

Slah Msadek, b. 1958


Belattek

Borrowed from Arabic بِلْعَاتِق (bilʕātiq).


Sihem

Sihem Msadek


Maïssa

From dialectal Arabic مَايْسَة (māysa), from Arabic مَائِسَة (māʔisa).


Msadek

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq).

Slah Msadek, b. 1958


Kahina

Kahina Bahloul, b. 1979


Bahloul

Kahina Bahloul, b. 1979


Biot

Translingual: Biot, Bi

English: Biot, biot

a surname, Biot, originating as a patronymic


Oualalou

Borrowed from Arabic والعلو. Originating from Morocco.

Fathallah Oualalou, b. 1942

والعلو والعلو#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic surname والعلو


Gulbahar

Borrowed from Uyghur گۈلباھار (gülbahar).


Pétersbourg

(obsolete) Alternative form of Saint-Pétersbourg (“Petersburg”)


Léningrad

Former name of Saint-Pétersbourg (“Leningrad”).


Gabas

Translingual: gabasianus

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. As a surname, most prevalent in Gironde department.

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

French toponym encountered in Pyrénées-Atlantiques


Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin

Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (a city in the Haut-Rhin department, France)


Gadès

(historical) Gades (ancient city, now Cadiz)


Piquemal

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in the Ariège department.


Breitenbach

Borrowed from German Breitenbach, from Alemannic German Braitebàch.

Breitenbach (a city in the Bas-Rhin department, France)


Breitenbach

Borrowed from German Breitenbach, from Alemannic German Bräitebàch/Bräiteba.


golfe de Gabès

Holonym: mer Méditerranée


golfe de Gascogne

Holonym: océan Atlantique


Rouvière

English: Rouvière, Rouviere

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Gard and Lozère departments.


Parpaillon

Borrowed from Occitan Parpalhon. Most prevalent in Vendée department.


Partarrieu

Borrowed from Occitan Partarriu. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Parrou

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées department.


Partarieu

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Patatut

Borrowed from Occitan Patatut. Most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées department.


Parnaut

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Landes department.


Pabine

Borrowed from Occitan Pavina. Encountered only in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments and possibly extinct. Of Germanic origin, see Pavan.


Paybou

Borrowed from Occitan Pairbon. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Pavan

Partially from Occitan Pavan. According to A. Dauzat it comes from Papo, a Germanic given name.


Taillefer

At least partially from Occitan [Term?]. Cognate with Catalan Tallaferro and Italian Tagliaferro. Historically most prevalent in the Tarn and Aude departments.


Payrastre

Borrowed from Occitan Pairastre. Most prevalent in Tarn department.


Marsan

Borrowed from Occitan.
* (surname): Most prevalent in the Landes department.
* (hillock): ND du Marsan (chapel) attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Marsan

Holonym: Gers

A village in the Gers department, Occitanie, France

Holonym: Isère

A toponym in Annoisin-Chatelans, Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Marsan

A farm in Loubédat, Gers department, Occitanie, France

A farm in Maillas, Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Holonyms: Montjoie-en-Couserans, Saint-Lizier

A hillock in Montjoie-en-Couserans and Saint-Lizier, Ariège department, Occitanie, France

A hamlet in Saint-Médard, Gers department, Occitanie, France

A farm in Sorbets, Gers department, Occitanie, France


Payran

Borrowed from Occitan Pairan. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.


Falcao

Borrowed from Portuguese Falcão, cognate with French Faucon and Spanish Falcón. Present in France.


Faucon

Cognate with Portuguese Falcão and Spanish Falcón.


Tahar

Tahar Rahim, b. 1981


Quercy

Holonym: Occitanie


Grigalachvili

Borrowed from Georgian გრიგალაშვილი (grigalašvili).

გრიგალაშვილი


Boao

2021, Frédéric Lemaître, Au Forum économique de Boao, Xi Jinping promeut une mondialisation aux caractéristiques chinoises, Lemonde.fr (20 April 2021);
Quarante-huit heures avant le sommet sur le climat organisé par Joe Biden, le président chinois, Xi Jinping, n’a pas eu un mot ni pour cet événement ni pour son homologue américain, mardi 20 avril, en inaugurant – par vidéo – le 20e Forum de Boao, ce « Davos chinois » organisé, depuis 2001, sur l’île de Hainan, dans le sud du pays.

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Desrochers

From des (“of the”) + rochers (“rocks”).

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Mountain, particularly common in Canada.


Sept-Îles

From sept îles (literally “seven islands”).

Sept-Îles (a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Tirlemont

Holonym: Brabant flamand

Tienen (a city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium)


Ruremonde

Roermond (a city in Limburg, Netherlands)


Urruty

Borrowed from Basque [Term?]. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Oust

English: Oust

Holonym: Couserans

Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Couflens

English: Couflens

Borrowed from Occitan Coflens, from Latin cōnfluentia.

Holonym: Couserans

Couflens (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Urau

English: Urau

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Noustens, Urale

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


Comminges

English: Comminges

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronyms: Arbas, Aspet, Belbèze-en-Comminges, Figarol, Lavelanet-de-Comminges, Mane, Martres-Tolosane, Mazères-sur-Salat, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saleich, Salies-du-Salat, Soueich, Urau

Comminges (a former region in France, Occitanie)


Romagne

A historical region in northern Italy; Romagna


Saleich

English: Saleich

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

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Artihaguère, Chac, Gérus, Gouttille, Montégut, Pyrène, Saleich Vieille, Tachouères

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


Yaëlle

Yaëlle Trulès, b. 1979


Trulès

Yaëlle Trulès, b. 1979


Trutat

Eugène Trutat, b. 1840


Istrie

Istria (a peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)


Péking

English: Peking


Suliane

Suliane Brahim, b. 1978


Mahrez

Brahim Mahrez, b. 1972


Empire des Fleurs

(obsolete or historical) Flowery Kingdom (China)


Kiang-Sou

Meronym: Nan-King


Nan-King

Holonym: Kiang-Sou

Obsolete spelling of Nankin (“Nanjing”).


Céleste Empire

(obsolete or historical) Celestial Empire (China)


Longages

English: Longages

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Languedoc

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


Mantchourie

Obsolete form of Mandchourie (“Manchuria”).


Yangzi Jiang

Synonym of Yangtsé: Yangtze (a major river in China)


Yangjingbang

Holonym: Shanghaï

(historical) the Yangjingbang (former river in Shanghai)


Huangpu

Holonym: Shanghaï


Hachem

«Viens, je vais te raconter une histoire qui montre à quel point nous devons faire confiance à Hachem», dit Rabbi Yaakob Adès à son jeune fils Yéhouda.

2006, Chmouel Blitz, Rav David Sutton, “L'ours et l'agneau”, in Les plus belles histoires Sépharades à raconter avant de s'endormir, page 8:

Rabbi Yéhouda sourit à sa femme. «Hachem procure toujours à chacun ce dont il a besoin.»

2006, Chmouel Blitz, Rav David Sutton, “Sur le chemin du beit midrach”, in Les plus belles histoires Sépharades à raconter avant de s'endormir, page 46:


Zazie

a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle


Totor

a diminutive of the male given name Victor


Évêché

Holonym: Marseille

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

The seat of the judicial police in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Guénin

Pierre Guénin, b. 1927


Erwan

a male given name from Breton, equivalent to English Yves


Voiture

Translingual: Voiture

astroïde Voiture
astroïde Voiture#French


Gironne

La flotte française se tenait dans le port de Roses, d’où les convois de vivres et de munitions arrivaient au camp devant Gironne.

1855, Henri Martin, Histoire de France, page 382:


Kansk

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Kansk (a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia)


Krasnoïarsk

Borrowed from Russian Красноя́рск (Krasnojársk).

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

Krasnoyarsk (a city, the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia)


Jacque

→ English: Jacque

Historically most prevalent in Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges.


Foch

English: Foch

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Poincaré

Translingual: Poincaré

Translingual: Poincare

English: Poincaré

English: Poincare

English: Poincaree


Dieu-le-Père

Alternative spelling of Dieu le Père (“God the Father”)


liberté, égalité, fraternité

/li.bɛʁ.te | e.ɡa.li.te | fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/


travail, famille, patrie

(historical) motto of the French State (i.e. Vichy France)


Sayragul

Borrowed from Kazakh Сайрагүл (Sairagül).

Sayragul Sauytbay, b. 1977


Bonzom

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Ariège.


Eychenne

Borrowed from Occitan Eishena.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Ariège.


Eychenne

English: Eychenne

A farm in Esplas-de-Sérou, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.

A hamlet in Massat, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Sauytbay

Sayragul Sauytbay, b. 1977

Сауытбай Сауытбай#Kazakh

A transliteration of the Kazakh male given name Сауытбай (Sauytbai)


Duquesne

Normanno-Picard equivalent to Duchêne (‘of the oak’).

A city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Ouralsk

Borrowed from Russian Ура́льск (Urálʹsk).

Synonym of Oural (“Oral”) (a city in Kazakhstan)


Nizhnyaya Pesha

Borrowed from Russian Нижняя Пеша (Nižnjaja Peša).

Holonym: district autonome de Nénétsie

Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug#English

Nizhnyaya Pesha (a village in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia)


Djian

Philippe Djian, b. 1949


Frédérick

Frédérick Raynal, b. 1966

(rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Frederick


Mitildjian

Borrowed from Armenian Միթիլճյան (Mitʻilčyan).

Jean-Blaise Mitildjian, b. 1953

(very rare) a French surname from Armenian


Manouchian

Borrowed from Armenian Մանուշյան (Manušyan).

Missak Manouchian, b. 1906


Tcherneyan

Borrowed from Armenian Չերնյան (Čʻernyan).


Marceline

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, b. 1786

a female given name, masculine equivalent Marcelin


Raîche

English: Raiche


Marcelline

a female given name, masculine equivalent Marcellin


Ndiaga

Ndiaga Mbaye, b. 1948


Marcellin

a male given name, feminine equivalent Marcelline


Mbaye

Ndiaga Mbaye, b. 1948


Mégara

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεγάρα (Megára).

(historical) Megara (a district of Carthage, in present-day Tunisia)


Éryx

(historical) Erice (a city in Sicily, Italy)


désert Libyque

Holonym: Sahara


Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

→ English: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (a city in the Essonne department, France)


UER

Union européenne de radio-télévision#French

Acronym of Union européenne de radio-télévision (“EBU”).


Bachkirie

Borrowed from Russian Башки́рия (Baškírija).


Oriège

Holonym: Ariège

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


Crécy

English: Crecy

Ellipsis of Crécy-en-Ponthieu; A commune and village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France

Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Ellipsis of forêt de Crécy; A forest in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France


Tarascon-sur-Ariège

→ English: Tarascon-sur-Ariège

Borrowed from Occitan Tarascon d'Arièja.

Tarascon-sur-Ariège (a city in the Ariège department, France)


SALA

système d’armes létales autonome
système d'armes létales autonome#French

Initialism of système d’armes létales autonome.


Nègre

Borrowed from Occitan Negre. Historically most prevalent in Tarn.


Taxile

Taxile Delord, b. 1815


Delord

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

Taxile Delord, b. 1815


Delort

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Cantal.


Delors

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Corrèze.


Dussutour

Audrey Dussutour, b. 1977


Couffignal

Borrowed from Occitan Confinhal. Most prevalent in Aveyron.

Louis Couffignal, b. 1902


Roumieux

Borrowed from Occitan Romieu. Most prevalent in Gard.

Louis Roumieux, b. 1829


Nevers

A prefecture of Nevers, Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

An arrondissment in the Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Nevers
A former duchy in Bourgogne, France


Sebba

→ English: Sebba

Sebba (the capital city of Yagha, Burkina Faso)

Sebba (a department of Yagha, Burkina Faso)


EELV

Europe Écologie Les Verts
Europe Écologie Les Verts#French

(French politics) Initialism of Europe Écologie Les Verts.


Macronie

2021 June 8, “VIDEO. Emmanuel Macron giflé par un homme qui a crié "A bas la Macronie !", deux interpellations”, in La Dépêche:

Emmanuel Macron slapped by a man shouting "Down with Macronland!", two arrests

France under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron


Saint-Priest

→ English: Saint-Priest

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal Sant-Priést.

Saint-Priest (a city in the Lyon Metropolis department, France)


XE

(motor racing) Abbreviation of Extrême E.


Dumay

* Variant of Dumets (see Demers).
* Also from du (“of the”) + Le May, name of several places in France. Compare Dumais, May, Lemay.
* Also a variant of Dumes, Dume, from du (“of the”) + archaic mes (“farmstead”) (compare maison).

Jean-Michel Dumay, b. 1961


Illouz

Eva Illouz, b. 1961


Fellous

Borrowed from Arabic فِلُّوس (fillūs). Originating from Tunisia.

Colette Fellous, b. 1950


Auberjonois

English: Auberjonois

Originating from Switzerland; extremely rare in France.

a Swiss surname, equivalent to English Auberjonois


ASF

LWB: Abbreviation of Avocats sans frontières.


Castellet

Castellet; Ellipsis of Le Castellet.; A commune of the Var department, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Castellet; Ellipsis of Castellet-en-Luberon.; A commune of Avignon prefecture, Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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


Roudnik

Holonym: Vorkouta


Tchernov

Dmitri Tchernov, b. 1839

a surname from Russian, equivalent to English Chernov


Tioumen

Borrowed from Russian Тюме́нь (Tjuménʹ).

Tyumen (the capital of Tyumen Oblast, Russia)


Vorkouta

Borrowed from Russian Воркута́ (Vorkutá).

Meronyms: Roudnik, Severny


Severny

Borrowed from Russian Се́верный (Sévernyj).

Holonym: Vorkouta


Tobolsk

Borrowed from Russian Тобо́льск (Tobólʹsk).

Tobolsk (a city in Tyumen Oblast, Russia)


Doudinka

Borrowed from Russian Дуди́нка (Dudínka).

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Dudinka (a port city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)


Potanine

Borrowed from Russian Пота́нин (Potánin).

Grigori Potanine, b. 1835

Пота́нин Потанин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пота́нин (Potánin, “Potanin”)


kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Calque of Russian Красноя́рский край (Krasnojárskij kraj).

calque

Красноя́рский край

Meronyms: Doudinka, Kansk, Krasnoïarsk, Norilsk


Marieval

Marieval (a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada)


Danault

English: Danault


Caucase du Nord

Holonyms: Caucase, Russie


Val Marie

Val Marie (a village in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Val Marie (a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada)


Gaucher

English: Gaucher


Piot

→ English: Piot


Montdragon

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

Montdragon (a town and municipality Tarn, France)


Xiong'an

Xiong'an (a new area in Baoding, Hebei, China).


McWatters

Derived from the English surname McWatters. The neighbourhood is named after prospector Dave McWatters.

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


Liaodong

(historical) Liaodong (former province in northeast China).

Holonym: Liaoning

Meronyms: Liaoyang, Shenyang


Bourdieu

Inherited from Old French bourdieu (“hospital”).


Bellegarde

English: Bellegarde

Bellegarde (a settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada)

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

Bellegarde (a village and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)

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

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

Bellegarde (a former commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France, merged in 2016 into the commune of Bellegarde-Marsal)


Bellerose

desc

English: Bellerose, Bellrose, Belerose, Belrose


Tournai

English: Tournai

From Latin Turnacō/Turnacum. Tournay attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Tournai (a municipality in Hainaut, Belgium).


HAR

heure avancée des Rocheuses
w:fr:heure avancée des Rocheuses

Acronym of heure avancée des Rocheuses (“Mountain Daylight Time”): MDT


Labatt

English: Labatt


Marciac

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


Marillier

English: Marillier

a surname, equivalent to English Marillier


Butin

English: Butin

In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Bassatne

Borrowed from Arabic بَسَاتْنِي (basātnī).


Honfleur

A town in the Calvados department, France


Jean-Étienne

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Étienne


Jean-André

/ʒɑ̃.ɑ̃.dʁe/

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and André


Jean-Antoine

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Antoine


Jean-Henri

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Henri


Jean-Bernard

a male given name, a popular combination of Jean and Bernard


écuries d'Augias

écuries d’ Augias (canonical feminine plural)


Cargèse

A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France


Massé

English: Masse, Massé, Massey


Pinel

English: Pinel


Corbeau

English: Corbeau


Briançon

Inherited from Latin Brigantium, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī.

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


Vesoul

T’as voulu voir Vierzon, et on a vu Vierzon / T’as voulu voir Vesoul, et on a vu Vesoul

1968, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Vesoul”, in J'arrive:

Vesoul (a commune in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

The collectivity is named after the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon#English

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


Bourbonnais

English: Bourbonnais


Broglie

English: Broglie

desc

→ Chinese: → 布羅伊／布罗伊 (Bùluóyī) (transliteration)

From Francization of Italian Broglia and Broglio surnames, from Broglia. The French commune is named after Marshal François-Marie de Broglie, when his family was elevated to dukedom and seated in Chambrais.

Broglie: A village and commune of the Eure department, Normandy, France

a surname, Broglie
a habitational surname from French

a surname, Broglie
a surname from Italian


Fréchette

English: Frechette

From the rhotacism of fléchette (“dart”).


de Broglie

English: de Broglie

de+Broglie. From Italian Broglio, from Broglia.

a surname, de Broglie
a habitational surname

a surname, de Broglie
a surname from Italian


Pagé

English: Page


Audett

English: Audett

From originating from Audeville; from Audeville, Savoie or D'Audeville, Loiret.

a habitational surname, Audett, from places


Kalioujny

Калюжны Калюжны#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian surname Калюжны (Kaljužny)

Калюжний Калюжний#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Калюжний (Kaljužnyj)

Калюжный Калюжный#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Калюжный (Kaljužnyj)


Port aux Basques

From port+basque. From being a haven used by Basque whalers in the 16th century, later becoming a settlement in the 17th century.

Port aux Basques
Port aux Basques#English

Port aux Basques: Dated form of Port-aux-Basques.


ASFC

Coordinate term: ASF

LWBC: Abbreviation of Avocats sans frontières Canada.


ASFC

Agence des services frontaliers du Canada#French

CBSA: Initialism of Agence des services frontaliers du Canada.


Aux Cayes

Haitian Creole: Okay

Cayes: Alternative form of Cayes
A locale in the Sud department, Haiti


Les Cayes

Spanish: Los Cayos


Cayes

→ English: Cayes, Les Cayes, Aux Cayes

Haitian Creole: Okay

→ Spanish: Los Cayos

Cayes (a seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti)

Cayes (an arrondissement of the Sud department, Haiti)


Jacmel

Haitian Creole: Jakmèl

→ Dutch: Jacmel

→ English: Jacmel

→ Spanish: Jacmel

→ Taíno: Yaquimel

Jacmel (a port town, commune, and capital of the Sud-Est department, Haiti)


(Canada, US, telephony) Alternative form of 811


Salon-de-Provence

/saˈlɔ̃ᵑ də pχoˈvãⁿsə/

/saˈlɔ̃ᵑ də pʁoˈvãⁿsə/


NRF

Nouvelle Revue Française
w:Nouvelle Revue Française


Chariclée

a female given name, equivalent to English Chariclea


Théagène

a male given name, equivalent to English Theagenes


Irénée

a male given name, equivalent to English Irenaeus


Bar-le-Duc

Holonym: Meuse

Bar-le-Duc (the capital of the Meuse department, France)


Aurillac

Semi-learned term from Latin Aurēliācum. Compare the inherited Orly.


Grande-Île

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

An island in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River

A suburb of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the eponymous island


Grand Isle

Borrowed from English Grand Isle, from Middle French Grande-Isle.
* (Louisana): From Cajun French Grand Isle, from Cajun French Grand Isle

Grand Isle: A barrier island in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Grand Isle: A town in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States

Grand Isle County
Grand Isle County#English

Grand Isle: An island in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States in Lake Champlain

Town of Grand Isle
Town of Grand Isle#English

Town of Grand Isle: A town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States, on the eponymous island

Grand Isle County: A county of Vermont, United States, named after the eponymous island. County seat: North Hero


Jean Lafitte

English: Jean Lafitte

Cajun French: Jean Lafitte

Louisiana Creole: Jean Lafitte

Named after 18th century French privateer Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte: A town in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States


Desbiens

English: Desbiens

Desbiens (a town in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada)


Renart

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Renartus, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz.
Compare German Reinhard.

a male given name, equivalent to English Reynard


Nour

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).

bor+

a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Nur


Doumbouya

English: Doumbouya


À partir de la première mise en examen, celle de Salah Abdeslam en avril 2016, les juges d’instruction ont quatre ans devant eux. Le travail accompli est inédit en France : le dossier V13 compte 547 tomes, 45 000 documents, un million de pages.

2021 September 5, Sonia Labesse, “Procès du 13 novembre 2015. Sur France 5, un documentaire relate le travail judiciaire hors normes”, in Ouest France:

From the first indictment on, the indictment of Salah Abdeslam in April 2016, the investigating judges have four years ahead of them. The hard work is unique: the V13 file is made of 547 tomes, 45,000 documents, a million of pages.

(justice) Initialism of vendredi 13. Surname of the legal file and trial concerning the terrorist attacks that took place on Friday 13 November 2015 in the Paris area


Ténéré

a desert region within the Sahara, located in Niger and Chad


Estrie

→ English: Estrie

Derived from est (“east”) + -ie. Coined by Québécois priest Maurice O'Bready.


Zemmour

Borrowed from Kabyle azemmur (“olives”).


Balbec

a fictional seaside resort in À la recherche du temps perdu


fr-proper noun

Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation f

From the Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada.

(Canada, holidays) 30th of September; the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a Canadian national statutory holiday first observed in 2021

fr:Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada

fr:Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation

Jour du chandail orange

a coincident observance in Canada, predating the Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, first observed in 2013


Jeanine

a female given name, variant of Jeannine


Journée du t-shirt orange

Calque of English Orange Shirt Day. From the colour of the shirt worn by a survivor of the residential school system, that was forcibly removed by Christian missionaries attempting to assimilate her into the culture of Canada's settlers, and away from her Indigenous culture. From those observing the day, who wear orange T-shirts.

(Canada, politics, memorials) September 30th; Orange Shirt Day; a Canadian national observance first observed in 2013

a coincident Canadian national holiday first observed in 2021


Journée du chandail orange

Calque of English Orange Shirt Day. From the colour of the shirt worn by a survivor of the residential school system, that was forcibly removed by Christian missionaries attempting to assimilate her into the culture of Canada's settlers, and away from her Indigenous culture.


requin gris de récif

grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos


labre nettoyeur

luestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus


Vérove

English: Verove


omble-chevalier

Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus alpinus#Translingual


Saint-Lambert

The municipality is named after Saint Lambert of Maastricht (c. 636 - c. 705).

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


Marroni

a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Marroni


Laurentie

From Laurent + -ie. In the case of Québec, a reference to the St. Lawrence River, coined by Marie-Victorin.

(originally poetic) Québec (mainly used in the context of Québecois separatism)


Saljuq

(historical) Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)


Desnoyers

From des (“of the”) + noyers (“walnut trees”).


Deleuze

From Occitan del (“of the”) + euse (“holm oak”).


Bandelier

English: Bandelier

Originating from Switzerland and, In France, Territoire de Belfort.

a surname, equivalent to English Bandelier


Superville

English: Superville


Arntfield

Derived from the English surname Arntfield. The neighbourhood is named after American prospector Frederick S. Arntfield.

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


Marie-Galante

Calque of Spanish Maria Galanda. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. The island is named after the flagship of Columbus's expedition, which was named in turn in honour of the Virgin Mary.

coin

Marie-Galante (an island and dependency of the overseas department of Guadeloupe, France)


Charline

English: Charline

a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles, equivalent to English Charline or Charlene


Étrurie

Etruria (an ancient country located in modern day Tuscany in Western Italy)


Châtelaillon

Short for Châtelaillon-Plage. (city and town)


Châtelaillon-Plage

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


Bouchette

The municipality is named after Canadian Surveyor-General Joseph Bouchette (1774 - 1841).

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

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


Desaulniers

From de (“of”) + saulniers (“salters”) (obsolete spelling of sauniers).


Gôh

English: Goh


Frasne

→ English: Frasne

From Middle French Frasne, ultimately from Latin Frasinus (1148), from fraxinus.

Holonym: Doubs

Frasne (a village in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France).


Fromager

English: Fromager

Fromager: A former region in Ivory Coast, replaced by the Gôh subregion


Bompas

English: Bompas

Bompas (a village and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Bompas

English: Bompas

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

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


Bompas

English: Bompas


NFP

Nouveau Front populaire
w:fr:Nouveau Front populaire

(French politics) Initialism of Nouveau Front populaire (“New Popular Front”), a left-wing electoral alliance in France.


Sevran

Japanese: スヴラン (Suvuran)

Russian: Севра́н (Sevrán)

Inherited from Latin Severanum (literally “Domain of Severus”).

inh+

a commune of France, located in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France


Carqueiranne

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

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


Benois

English: Benois

Russian: Бенуа (Benua)


Océan

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).


Sarrebourg

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

Saarburg (a city in Trier-Saarburg district, state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Fauconnier

a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Falconer


de la Tour

a surname transferred from the common noun


Mercédès

Et Mercédès leva ses beaux yeux au ciel avec une gratitude si infinie, que le comte crut y voir trembler deux larmes.

c. 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le comte de Monte-Cristo, volume II:


Vanier

→ English: Vanier

* From Old French vanier (“winnower”).
* From French vannier (“basketweaver”).

a surname, Vanier, originating as an occupation


Courseulles-sur-Mer

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


Fouras

Official name: Fouras-les-Bains

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


Rê

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Râ (“Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)”)


Thésée

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús).


Psyché

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “spirit”).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche


Navarrenx

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


La Guillotière

A district of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Montlhéry

Montlhéry (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Pont

Learned borrowing from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

(historical) Pontus (an ancient region and kingdom on the south coast of the Black Sea).

the present-day region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea.


Évry

A former commune of the department of Essonne, Île-de-France, France, merged into Évry-Courcouronnes

A commune of the department of Yonne, Burgundy, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


Râ

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)


É.-U.

L’actuelle vice-présidente des É.-U., c’est Kamala Harris.

The current vice-president of the US is Kamala Harris.

US, USA (a country in North America); initialism of États-Unis (“United States”)


Schulmann

a surname from German, equivalent to English Schulmann


Erdre

From Latin Erda, Proto-Celtic *ered, in Breton Erzh.


Basse-Pointe

Basse-Pointe (a town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France)


Canigou

Canigou (a mountain the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France)


Bernets

Holonym: Montastruc-de-Salies

A toponym in Montastruc-de-Salies, Haute-Garonne


Vallée

English: Vallee


Plumier

→ Translingual: Plumeria, plumieri

→ English: Plumier

Charles Plumier, b. 1646


Octavien

From Latin Octavianus, derivative of Octāvius.

(historical) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Octavian


Le Lamentin

From le + lamentin, literally “the manatee”.

Le Lamentin (town and commune in Martinique)


Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (commune in Occitania, France)


Biert

→ English: Biert

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

Holonym: Massatois

Meronyms: Agnet, Ardelles, Carabas, Chicot, Granet, Joulieu

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

Biert (a hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, South Holland, Netherlands).


Lunebourg

Luneburg (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany)


Riviera Maya

Borrowed from Spanish Riviera Maya; Calque of Spanish Riviera Maya; Riviera+maya. From Italian riviera.

Mayan Riviera: A coastline in Yucatan, Mexico


Olonne

→ Portuguese: lona
→ Tetum: lona

→ Spanish: lona

→ Catalan: lona

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

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


Besac

(informal) Besançon (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


FLQ

Front de libération du Québec
Front de libération du Québec#French

(historical) Initialism of Front de libération du Québec.


Front de libération du Québec

Front de libération du Québec
Front de libération du Québec#English

(historical) the Front de libération du Québec


Wemotaci

Borrowed from Atikamekw Wemotaci. The spelling "Wemotaci" was adopted in 1997, mirroring the Atikamekw standardization of spelling.

Wemotaci; an Indian reserve of the Atikamekw in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


République de Corée

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République de Corée.wav

Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea#English

Republic of Korea, South Korea (a country in East Asia)


Anse au Foulon

The toponym originates from a fulling mill (French: foulon) that the Séminaire de Québec built in 1710, at the base of the cliff which met the cove. Despite the closure of the mill in 1734, the toponym persisted.

a small cove in Quebec, Canada, now part of Quebec City


Mascon

English: Mascon

French: Mâcon

English: Mâcon, Macon

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


Faure

Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician and President of France from 1895 until his death


Morosaglia

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


Marchessault

English: Marchessault


Maximillienne

a female given name, variant of Maximilienne, masculine equivalent Maximillien


Maximillien

a male given name from Latin, variant of Maximilien


Maximilienne

a female given name, masculine equivalent Maximilien


Élliott

a male given name from English, variant of Éliot, equivalent to English Elliott


Éliot

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Elliott


Kloetzer

English: Kloetzer

Borrowed from Alemannic German or German Klötzer. Originating from Alsace.

Laurent Kloetzer, b. 1975

(very rare) a French surname from Alemannic German


Yrieix

Borrowed from Occitan Iriès, from Latin Aredius.

a male given name, originating from Limousin


Louatah

Sabri Louatah, b. 1983


Sorgeat

Sorgeat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sentein

Sentein (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Senconac

Senconac (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soulan

Soulan (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soula

Soula (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montoulieu

Montoulieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soueix

Soueix (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sinsat

Sinsat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montfa

Montfa (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montgaillard

LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-Montgaillard.wav

Montgaillard (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sentenac-de-Sérou

Borrowed from Occitan Sentenac de Seron.

Sentenac-de-Sérou (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Siguer

Siguer (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sieuras

Sieuras (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sor

Sor (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montferrier

Montferrier (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Bestiac

Bestiac (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Betchat

Holonym: Couserans

Betchat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Mamère

English: Mamere

From ma + mère, literally "my mother". Originally a nickname given by fatherless children to their mother, but they later acquired the surname. This explains why some men held this surname.

Noël Mamère, b. 1948

(rare) a French surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Mamere


Boukhobza

Chochana Boukhobza, b. 1959


Chochana

bor

Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה

Chochana Boukhobza, b. 1959


RPD

République populaire de Donetsk
République populaire de Donetsk#French

Initialism of République populaire de Donetsk (“DPR”).


Gerbert

Inherited from Middle French, from Latin Gerbertus.

Gerbert d'Aurillac, b. ca 945


Combani

A village in Tsingoni, Mayotte department, France


Mandard

English: Mandard

a French surname, equivalent to English Mandard


Tsingoni

Meronyms: Combani, Hachénoua, Mandani, Mirereni, Mrowalé

A city in the Mayotte department, France


Collas

English: Collas

a French surname, equivalent to English Collas


Mtsapéré

A district of Mamoudzou, Mayotte department, France


Harmi

a French surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Harmi


Tsoundzou 1

A village in Mamoudzou, Mayotte department, France


Lichtsztejn

(very rare) a French surname from Polish


Troïanovski

Borrowed from Russian Трояновский (Trojanovskij).

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Трояновский Трояновский#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Трояновский (Trojanovskij), equivalent to Troianovski.


Medyka

Medyka: A village in Gmina Medyka, Przemyśl county, Subcarpathia province, Poland, near the border with Ukraine


Maroussia

Borrowed from Russian Маруся (Marusja), from Ukrainian Маруся (Marusja).

Maroussia Dubreuil, b. 1982


Noualhat

From Occitan. Most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.


Faux

English: Faux

Borrowed from Occitan or Middle French. In France it is most prevalent in Gironde.

a French surname, equivalent to English Faux


La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

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


Mèze

→ English: Mèze

Mèze (a town in the Hérault department, France)


Joigny

→ English: Joigny

Joigny (a town in the Yonne department, France)


Ilia

Илья́ Илья#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Илья́ (Ilʹjá), equivalent to Ilya.


GRECE

Acronym of Groupement de Recherche et d’Études pour la Civilisation Européenne, a French ethnonationalist think tank


Grand Remplacement

le Grand Remplacement (canonical masculine)

/ɡʁɑ̃ ʁɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/

Coined by French novelist, conspiracy theorist and white nationalist writer Renaud Camus in 2010.

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Mais pour les théoriciens du « grand remplacement », les « descendants d’immigrés », dans leur acception biologique, seront éternellement des étrangers à la Nation, génération après génération.

2014 January 24, Frédéric Joignot, quoting Nicolas Bancel, “« Un inquiétant imaginaire de purification ethnique et culturelle »”, in Le Monde:


Deauville

Inherited from Middle French Dauville, from Old French d'Auville, from Auville, from Latin Auevilla. The Canadian locality is named after the Norman commune.

Deauville: A coastal commune in Honfleur-Deauville canton, Lisieux, Calvados department, Côte Fleurie, Lower Normandy, Normandy, France.

Deauville: A district, a former municipality of Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville borough, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada


Deauville

English: Deauville


Courseulles

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


Cavalaire-sur-Mer

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

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


Amrou

Amrou Bouallegue, b. 1995


Bouallegue

Borrowed from Arabic بُوعَلَّاق (būʕallāq).

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Amrou Bouallegue, b. 1995


Diakité

English: Diakite

a French surname from Fula, equivalent to English Diakite


Yazdan

Yazdan Yazdanpanah, b. 1965


Yazdanpanah

Yazdan Yazdanpanah, b. 1965


Dagorn

English: Dagorn

Borrowed from Breton. Most prevalent in Finistère.

a French surname from Breton, equivalent to English Dagorn


Amoureux

English: Amoureux

From amoureux (literally “(is) in love”). By surface analysis, amour + -eux.

a French surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Amoureux


Amouroux

English: Amouroux

Borrowed from Occitan, from Old Occitan amoros, literally "in love". Cognate of Amoureux. Most prevalent in Dordogne.

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Amouroux


Ducoing

English: Ducoing

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Ducoing


Kessaci

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاصِي (qaṣṣāṣī).

Katia Kessaci, b. 1995


Ducuing

English: Ducuing

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Hautes-Pyrénées.

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Ducuing


Frais-Vallon

Holonym: Marseille

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


Belsunce

Holonym: Marseille


Kousmine

Borrowed from Russian Кузьми́н (Kuzʹmín).

Catherine Kousmine, b. 1904

a surname from Russian, equivalent to English Kuzmin


Rhazès

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Rhazes


Kouzmine

Dimitri Kouzmine, b. 1968


Luminet

Jean-Pierre Luminet, b. 1951


Philippon

English: Philippon

Most prevalent in Creuse. Possibly cognate with Italian Filippone.

a French surname, equivalent to English Philippon


Richardot

English: Richardot

a French surname, equivalent to English Richardot


Philippot

English: Philippot

a French surname, equivalent to English Philippot


Philippou

English: Philippou

The surname is historically most prevalent in Tarn.

Holonym: Saint-Maurin

A toponym in Saint-Maurin, Lot-et-Garonne


Malakoff

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


Hurepoix

→ English: Hurepoix

Holonym: Île-de-France

Meronyms: pays de Châtres, pays de Josas

Hurepoix (a region of Île-de-France, France)


Limours

→ English: Limours

Limours (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Limoux

→ English: Limoux

Holonym: Razès

Limoux (a city in the Aude department, France)


Malaury

Malaury Martin, b. 1988


Thérouanne

A river in the Seine-et-Marne department


Rennes-le-Château

→ English: Rennes-le-Château

Holonym: Razès

Rennes-le-Château (a village in the Aude department, France)


Razès

→ English: Razès

City in Haute-Vienne: Borrowed from Occitan Rasès.
Region of Aude: Borrowed from Occitan Rasés.

Razès (a city in the Haute-Vienne department, France)

Holonym: Aude

Meronym: Limoux

Razès (a region of the Aude department, France)


Jouy-en-Josas

→ English: Jouy-en-Josas

Holonym: pays de Josas

Jouy-enJosas (a city in the Yvelines department, France)


Arpavon

Arpavon (a village in the Drôme department, France)


Walcourt

→ English: Walcourt

Meronyms: Berzée, Castillon, Chastrès, Clermont, Fontenelle, Fraire, Gourdinne, Laneffe, Pry, Rognée, Somzée, Tarcienne, Thy-le-Château, Vogenée, Yves-Gomezée

Walcourt (a city in Namur Province, Belgium)


Harpagon

a fictional character created by Molière and symbolizing avarice


Tautavel

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


Arpajon

→ English: Arpajon

Holonym: pays de Châtres

Arpajon (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Dupuit

English: Dupuit


Dupuytren

English: Dupuytren


Châtres

Châtres (a village and commune of the Aube department, Grand Est, France)

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

Châtres (a village and commune of the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Chastrès

→ English: Chastrès

Holonym: Walcourt

Chastrès (a village in Walcourt, Belgium)


Congis-sur-Thérouanne

→ English: Congis-sur-Thérouanne

Congis-sur-Thérouanne (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, France)


Parraut

English: Parraut

a French surname, equivalent to English Parraut


Perraut

English: Perraut

a French surname, equivalent to English Perraut


Perrau

English: Perrau

a French surname, equivalent to English Perrau


Floc'h

English: Floch

a French surname from Breton, equivalent to English Floch


Peyraud

English: Peyraud

Peyraud (a village in the Ardèche department, France)

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Peyraud


Fauch

English: Fauch

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Tarn.

Fauch (a village in the Tarn department, France)


Parrau

English: Parrau

a French surname, equivalent to English Parrau


Magot

English: Magot

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Magot


Béjaïa

Bejaia (a city and commune of Béjaïa province, Algeria)


SNCB

Initialism of Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (“National Railway Company of Belgium”).


Sabena

(Belgium, historical) Acronym of Societé anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne.


Jaouad

a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Jawad

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jawad


Balmadier

Borrowed from Occitan. Likely originating from Lozère.


Rendu

English: Rendu

a French surname, equivalent to English Rendu


Saint-Pastous

→ English: Saint-Pastous

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


Alysson

Alysson Paradis, b. 1984


Bordenet

English: Bordenet

a French surname, equivalent to English Bordenet


Marrant

English: Marrant

a French surname, equivalent to English Marrant


Cobée

English: Cobee

a French surname, equivalent to English Cobee


Coppée

English: Coppee

a French surname, equivalent to English Coppee


Bourdin

English: Bourdin

a French surname, equivalent to English Bourdin


Bayle

→ English: Bayle

Borrowed from Occitan. Ultimately from Latin bajulus.


Mboro

Mboro (a town in the Tivaouane department, Senegal)


Faaa

→ English: Faaa


Champerret

(historical) French toponym encountered in Levallois-Perret

Porte de Champerret
w:fr:Porte de Champerret


Champs Perret

From champs + Perret. Named after Jean-Jacques Perret.

(historical) Obsolete form of Champerret.


Baraduc

In France, most prevalent in Puy-de-Dôme.


Péret

→ English: Péret

Péret (a village in the Hérault department, France)


Levallois-Perret

→ English: Levallois-Perret

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


Levallois

English: Levallois

a French surname, equivalent to English Levallois

(Île-de-France) Short for Levallois-Perret.


Piccard

English: Piccard

Translingual: Piccard Mons

a French surname, equivalent to English Piccard


Oudet

English: Oudet

a French surname, equivalent to English Oudet


Vialatte

English: Vialatte

a surname, equivalent to English Vialatte


Bonjour

English: Bonjour

Uppercase form of bonjour (“hello”). In France, most prevalent in Jura and Rhône departments.

a French surname, equivalent to English Bonjour


Cornillet

Historically most prevalent in Côtes-d'Armor.


Pichetto

a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Pichetto


Picardo

a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Picardo


Volpone

a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Volpone


Dujardin

English: Dujardin

In France, most prevalent in Nord department.

a French surname, equivalent to English Dujardin


Duteil

English: Duteil

a French surname, equivalent to English Duteil


Dujour

English: Dujour

a French surname, equivalent to English Dujour


Augier

English: Augier

a French surname, equivalent to English Augier


Biscaïchipy

English: Biscaichipy

a surname from Basque, equivalent to English Biscaichipy


Raufast

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Ariège and Haute-Garonne.


Raoust

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Bouches-du-Rhône.


Dufaur

English: Dufaur

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.

a French surname, equivalent to English Dufaur


Delfour

English: Delfour

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Lot department.

a French surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Delfour


Gertaldi

a surname, equivalent to English Gertaldi


Balduc

English: Balduc

a French surname, equivalent to English Balduc


Leparmentier

English: Leparmentier

a French surname, equivalent to English Leparmentier


FITEQ

Acronym of Fédération Internationale de Teqball.


Longuet

English: Longuet

a French surname, equivalent to English Longuet


Loriol

English: Loriol

a French surname, equivalent to English Loriol


Marchandeau

In France, most prevalent in Saône-et-Loire.


Ascou

English: Ascou

Ascou (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Asco

Asco (a left tributary of the Golo, Corsica, France)


Ascoux

English: Ascoux

Ascoux (a village in the Loiret department, France)


Daudet

English: Daudet


Ciret

English: Ciret

a French surname, equivalent to English Ciret


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Ciron (a left tributary of the Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

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

Ciron (a village in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron


Wissous

→ English: Wissous

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

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


Dinocrate

From Latin Dinocrates, from Ancient Greek Δεινοκράτης (Deinokrátēs).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Dinocrates


Deinokratès

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δεινοκράτης (Deinokrátēs).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Deinocrates


Zaporijia

Borrowed from Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja).

Zaporizhia (a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)


HEC

Initialism of Hautes Études Commerciales.


Ziraoui

Borrowed from Arabic الزِّيرَاوِي (az-zīrāwī).

الزِّيرَاوِي


Fayçal

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Faisal


Chirol

English: Chirol

a French surname, equivalent to English Chirol


Mazars

English: Mazars

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aveyron.

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Mazars


Attal

English: Attal

Borrowed from Arabic. A Sephardic surname.

a surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Attal


Sorokine

English: Sorokine

Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin).

a surname from Russian, equivalent to English Sorokin


Benvignat

Apparently extinct; attested in Charles Benvignat (b. 1805).


Méert

Borrowed from Dutch Meert. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.


Exarchopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Εξαρχόπουλος (Exarchópoulos).

Εξαρχόπουλος


Madaure

(historical) Madauros (Ancient Roman city)


Acarnanie

Holonym: Étolie-Acarnanie


Étolie

Holonym: Étolie-Acarnanie


Ouisconsin

→ English: Wisconsin

→ French: Wisconsin

Corruption of Meskousing, borrowed from either Algonquin meskousing or Miami meeskohsinki, both meaning "it lies (in) red". See Wisconsin for other theories.


Brouchéion

(historical) Broucheion (a neighborhood of Alexandria)


Crampagna

→ English: Crampagna

Crampanhan (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Chalabre

→ English: Chalabre

Eissalabra (a town in the Aude department, France)


Grothendieck

a French surname from German, equivalent to English Grothendieck


Cœlésyrie

Alternative form of Cœlé-Syrie (“Coele-Syria”)


Démétrios

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Demetrius


Pointe-à-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre (a commune and city in the Guadeloupe department, French West Indies)


Gaugain

English: Gaugain

a French surname, equivalent to English Gaugain


Gauguin

English: Gauguin

Japanese: ゴーギャン

a French surname, equivalent to English Gauguin


Coutisson

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Creuse.


Guédiguian

Borrowed from Armenian Կետիկյան (Ketikyan).

Robert Guédiguian, b. 1953


République démocratique allemande

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic#English

German Democratic Republic, East Germany (a former country in Central Europe, merged with West Germany in 1990 to form the modern country of Germany)


Tréhorenteuc

From Trégarantec (pleasant dwelling place)

a community in the Department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany, France


Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

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سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

Arabic: سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

Arabic: سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

サン＝カンタン＝アン＝イヴリーヌ

Japanese: サン゠カンタン゠アン゠イヴリーヌ (san=kantan=an=ivurīnu)

An agglomeration community in Yvelines, Île-de-France, France


Lanceray

Russian: Лансере (Lansere)

Borrowed from Middle French. Apparently extinct in France since at least 1891.


Chenonceaux

From Chenonceau (from Latin Cenoncellum) + the patronymic suffix -x.


Brétigny-sur-Orge

A commune of the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France


Dupin

English: Dupin

Historically most prevalent in the Landes department.


Porto-Vecchio

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


Malingre

English: Malingre


Cornec

English: Cornec

Borrowed from Breton. Most prevalent in Finistère.

a French surname, equivalent to English Cornec


Pariès

English: Paries

Possibly a variant of Paries, from Occitan Paries.


Pareilh

Borrowed from Occitan Parelh. Originating from Hautes-Pyrénées.


Oyhénart

English: Oyhenart

Borrowed from Occitan Oienart, ultimately from Basque.


Leplâtre

English: Leplatre


Pardies

English: Pardies

Toponymic, from Occitan Pardias. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Ompraret

English: Ompraret


Orpustan

English: Orpustan


Pardiac

English: Pardiac

Toponymic, from Occitan Pardiac. Most prevalent in Gironde.


Paries

English: Paries

Borrowed from Occitan Paries. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Possibly related to Pariès.


Pargade

English: Pargade

Borrowed from Occitan Pargada. Most prevalent in Gironde department.


Dintilhac

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aveyron.


Gembloux

→ English: Gembloux

Meronyms: Beuzet, Bossière, Bothey, Corroy-le-Château, Ernage, Grand-Leez, Grand-Manil, Isnes, Lonzée, Mazy, Sauvenière


Cuxac

Toponymic, from Occitan. Most prevalent in Aude department.


Cussac

English: Cussac

Toponymic, from Occitan Cussac. Most prevalent in Cantal department.


Lussac

English: Lussac

Toponymic, from Occitan Lussac. Most prevalent in Gironde.


Aristée

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Aristaeus


Sérapis

Borrowed from Latin Serāpis; ultimately from Ancient Greek Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis).


Amédée

a male given name, equivalent to English Amadeus


Marcadet

English: Marcadet

In France, most prevalent in Loir-et-Cher.

a surname, equivalent to English Marcadet


Marcade

English: Marcade

a French surname, equivalent to English Marcade


Staquet

English: Staquet

Frequent in Wallonia and Brussels. In France, most prevalent in Nord department.

a French surname, equivalent to English Staquet


Najac

→ English: Najac

Najac (a village in the Aveyron department, France)


Forneiron

/fɔʁ.nɛ.ʁɔ̃/


Mélenchon

Borrowed from Spanish Melenchón, a deformation of Belinchón.


Moquet

English: Moquet

a French surname, equivalent to English Moquet


Hoareau

Réunion Creole French: Waro


Hoarau

English: Hoarau

Réunion Creole French: Waro

Originating from mainland France where it became extinct until recently. (attested 1640s in Menneville, Picardie Province). Now most prevalent in Réunion. Possibly from Dutch or Middle Dutch.

a French surname, equivalent to English Hoarau


Bréville

English: Breville

a French surname, equivalent to English Breville


Provinces-Unies

United Provinces
United Provinces#English

(historical) United Provinces (a former state in Western Europe, the predecessor of the Netherlands)


Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

A city and municipality of Quebec, Canada


Lauzier

English: Lauzier

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Lauzier


Louchet

English: Louchet

a surname, equivalent to English Louchet


Laugier

English: Laugier

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Laugier


Cotillard

English: Cotillard

a surname, equivalent to English Cotillard


Mabillard

English: Mabillard

a surname, equivalent to English Mabillard


désert du Thar

Meronym: désert du Cholistan


désert du Cholistan

Holonyms: désert du Thar, Pendjab


Giverny

→ English: Giverny

Giverny (a village in the Eure department, France)


OMM

Initialism of Organisation météorologique mondiale.

initialism

Holonym: ONU

World Meteorological Organization
w:World Meteorological Organization


Pochon

English: Pochon

a French surname, equivalent to English Pochon


Créteil

Créteil (a city and commune of the department of Val-de-Marne, region of Île-de-France, France)


Zoubarevitch

Borrowed from Russian Зубаре́вич (Zubarévič).

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Зубаре́вич Зубаревич#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Зубаре́вич (Zubarévič), equivalent to Zubarevich


Vitkine

a rare surname from Russian, equivalent to English Vitkin


Krivine

English: Krivine

a rare surname from Ukrainian, equivalent to English Krivin


Vuitton

English: Vuitton


YSL

(fashion) Initialism of Yves Saint-Laurent.

Yves Saint-Laurent a French fashion designer

Yves Saint Laurent, a French fashion house.


Yverdon

From Latin Eburodunum, alternatively spelled Latin Ebredunum.


Aulnay

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

Aulnay (a small village and commune of the Aube department, Grand Est, France)

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

Aulnay (a small village and commune of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Aulnay (short for Aulnay-sous-Bois, a city and commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France)


Bobigny

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


Pelletan

English: Pelletan

Borrowed from Occitan. Most prevalent in Gironde.

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Pelletan


Meyerfeld

(rare) a surname, equivalent to English Meyerfeld


Ducourtieux

In France, most prevalent in Haute-Vienne and Dordogne.


Aulnay-sous-Bois

A commune of Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France


Xenakis

a French surname from Greek, equivalent to English Xenakis


Les Tarterêts

A large area of social housing in Essonne, Île-de-France, France


Rochefort-sur-Mer

/ʁɔʃ.fɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ/

Rochefort (official name of the commune in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine, France)


Créac'h

Créac’h (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)

English: Creach

Borrowed from Breton. Historically most prevalent in Finistère.


Chinafrique

Blend of China + Afrique; modeled on Françafrique.

Pour renforcer ses liens avec la Chine, l’Union africaine va y installer une mission permanente. Décision anecdotique ou nouveau jalon pour la Chinafrique ?

2022 February 17, Damien Glez, “Chine-Afrique : l’UA met le cap sur Pékin [China-Africa: the AU charts a new course to Beijing]”, in Jeune Afrique:

To bolster relations with China, the African Union is to install a permanent mission. A decision with precedent, or a new milestone in "Chinafrica"?

(often derogatory) relations, particularly economic, between China and Africa since the 2010s


Fumaroli

Borrowed from Corsican [Term?] or Italian Fumaroli.

Marc Fumaroli, b. 1932


Kourkov

(very rare) a surname from Russian or Ukrainian

Курко́в Курков#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian surname Курко́в (Kurkóv), equivalent to Kurkov


Castagnoli

a surname from Italian, equivalent to English Castagnoli


Îles Spratleys

Spratly Islands (an island group in the South China Sea)


Îles Senkaku

Senkaku Islands (an island group in Japan)


La Nouvelle-Rochelle

From nouvelle (“new”) + Rochelle, calque of English New Rochelle, in turn of French and Old French origin. Doublet of New Rochelle.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

(North America) New Rochelle (a city in Westchester County, New York, United States)


Bihouix

In France, most prevalent in Loire-Atlantique.


RSR

Radio Suisse Romande
w:Radio Suisse Romande

(historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Radio Suisse Romande, the Swiss-French radio station


Macédoine du Nord

LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Macédoine du Nord.wav

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Fiodor

Фёдор Фёдор#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjódor).


Sergueï

Серге́й Сергей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj).


NUPES

L’union des gauches de la Nupes et la coalition présidentielle Ensemble ! sont à égalité au soir du premier tour des élections législatives, dimanche 12 juin, sur fond d’abstention record, ouvrant ainsi le jeu du second tour dans une semaine.

2022 June 12, “La Nupes (25,2 %) et la coalition présidentielle (25,2 %) à égalité, selon les premières estimations, sur fond d’abstention record”, in Le Monde.fr:

(French politics) Initialism of Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale (“New Ecologic and Social People's Union, a former left-wing political coalition in France”).


FLNC

(politics) Initialism of “Front de libération nationale corse” (“National Liberation Front of Corsica”). A militant organization from Corsica, France.


Gracefield

Derived from a compound of the English surname Grace and field. The city is named after mayor of the former municipality Patrick Grace.

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

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


Jouan

English: Jouan


Pléthon

Plethon (the Hellenic-styled alias of Georgios Gemistos, a 14th-century Greek scholar)


Angéline

a female given name, equivalent to English Angelina


Brisac

English: Brisac


Castelnaudary

From Occitan Castèlnòu d'Arri, from Latin Castellum Novum Arriī ("New Castle of Arrius").


Grande Dépression

la Grande Dépression (canonical feminine)

(economics, business, finance, historical) the Great Depression


Roudouallec

→ English: Roudouallec

Roudouallec (a village in the Morbihan department, France)


Fichen

English: Fichen

a surname from Breton, equivalent to English Fichen


Salies-du-Salat

→ English: Salies-du-Salat

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


Dunyach

Borrowed from Catalan. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Orientales.

Jean-Claude Dunyach, b. 1957


Campbellton

Borrowed from English Campbellton. The city is named after colonial administrator Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (1769–1843).

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Chelles

→ English: Chelles

Chelles (a town in the Oise department, France)

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


Leclert

English: Leclert

In France, most prevalent in Aube department.

a surname, equivalent to English Leclert


Channel-Port aux Basques

Channel + Port aux Basques. From the merger of several villages to create the town, with two selected as a compound for the new town's name.

Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques#English

Channel-Port aux Basques; Alternative form of Channel-Port-aux-Basques (“Channel–Port-aux-Basques”)


Pampangue

Borrowed from Spanish Pampanga, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”).

Pampanga (a province of the Philippines; capital: San Fernando)


Dedieu

English: Dedieu

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Ariège.

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Dedieu


Benchiba

Borrowed from Arabic بِنْشِيبَة (binšība).


Fouka

→ English: Fouka

Fouka (a town in Tipaza Province, Algeria)


Leysse

A river in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Ognon

A left tributary of the Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vézère

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


Ancyre

Holonym: Galatie

(historical) Ancyra (the capital city of Galatia)


Anatolie

Meronyms: Carie, Galatie


Sehili

Borrowed from Arabic السّْهِيلِي (as-shīlī).


Lanaspeze

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from the Gers department, now most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Dronne

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


Agout

A left tributary of the Tarn, Occitanie, France.


Auloue

A left tributary of the Baïse, Occitanie, France.


Baïse

A left tributary of the Garonne, France.


Serein

A right tributary of the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Sauldre

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


Talouch

A left tributary of the Gers, Occitanie, France.


Deroche

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Mountain, particularly common in Canada.


Coldefy

Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in the Lot department.


Mocchi

English: Mocchi

Borrowed from Corsican or Italian Mocchi.


désert de Thar

Alternative form of désert du Thar (“Thar Desert”)


Durance

A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Ubaye

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Viaur

A left tributary of the Aveyron, Occitanie, France.


Miquelon-Langlade

The commune is named after Miquelon and Langlade.

A commune of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.


Sioule

A left tributary of the Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Lèze

A left tributary of the Ariège, Occitanie, France.


Meurthe

A right tributary of the Moselle, Grand Est, France.


Caraquet

→ English: Caraquet

Etymology uncertain. The name may derive from the Mi'kmaq toponym Kalague, translated as "where two rivers meet".

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Bouctouche

→ English: Bouctouche

The name of the town derives from the Mi'kmaq toponym Chebuktoosk, which translates to "large bay".

A town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Lathus-Saint-Rémy

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


Demesmaeker

Borrowed from Dutch Demesmaeker. Likely originating from Belgium. In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Plessis

English: Plessis


Pieiller

In France, most prevalent in the Jura department. Also present in Valle d'Aosta, Italy.


Rocque

English: Rocque

from several places in France such as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in Alpes-Maritimes, from the original name in Occitan ròcabruna (“brown rock”), from ròca (from Medieval Latin rocca) + brun.
Compare Larocque, Roch, Rock, Roque, Roche.


Degeyter

Borrowed from Dutch Degeyter. In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.


Port-Louis

Port Louis (the capital city of Mauritius)


Scythie

From Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).


Méheut

English: Meheut

Borrowed from Breton. In France, most prevalent in Côtes-d'Armor.


Cap-Français

Cap Français (canonical feminine masculine)


Mahaut

A female given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Maud


Vastey

Possibly originating from French Normandy but apparently extinct in France.

Jean-Louis Vastey, 1781-1820


Karyne

a female given name from Ancient Greek or English, Alternative spelling of Karine


Faby

a diminutive of the male given name Fabien

a diminutive of the female given name Fabienne


Limat

English: Limat

Maurice Limat, b. 1914


Vénézuéla

Alternative form of Venezuela: Venezuela (a country in South America)


mer Érythrée

From Latin Erythraeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa).

der

Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα


Érika

Feminine form of Éric, ultimately from Old Norse.

a female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse


Pasargades

From Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai).


Érythres

From Latin Erythrae, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí).


Philoctète

English: Philoctete

Borrowed from Latin Philoctetes/Philocteta.

René Philoctète, b. 1932

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Philoctetes


Becquart

English: Becquart

in France, most prevalent in the Nord department.

a surname, equivalent to English Becquart


Murs

Murs (a commune in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France).


Andrin

English: Andrin


Audureau

English: Audureau

Historically most prevalent in the Vendée department.

a surname, equivalent to English Audureau


Bernabeu

Borrowed from Catalan Bernabeu or Spanish Bernabéu.

a surname, equivalent to English Bernabeu


Garat

English: Garat

Borrowed from Basque. Most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

a surname from Basque, equivalent to English Garat


Arrouet

English: Arrouet

a surname, equivalent to English Arrouet


Kialing

Dated spelling of Jialing. (river in Sichuan)


Jialing

Holonym: Sichuan

The Jialing (a left tributary of the Yangtze in Sichuan, China)


FSBK

English: FSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Championnat de France de Superbike (“Superbike Championship of France”).


Layet

English: Layet


Palix

English: Palix


Catelle

English: Catelle

In France, most prevalent in the Nord department.

a surname, equivalent to English Catelle


Maïa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

a female given name, equivalent to English Maya


Mirmand

In France, most prevalent in Haute-Loire.


Pogu

In France, most prevalent in Loire-Atlantique.


Gauchard

English: Gauchard

a surname, equivalent to English Gauchard


Lannemezan

→ English: Lannemezan

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


Pont-Saint-Martin

→ English: Pont-Saint-Martin

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


Frissung

a surname, equivalent to English Frissung


Ohayon

Sephardic surname, likely derived from Arabic. Cognate with Hebrew אוחיון.

cog

Hebrew אוחיון


Denault

English: Denault

A variant of Deneau. Very rare in France, most prevalent in Quebec. Compare Dano, Deneault.

a surname, equivalent to English Denault


Seysses

English: Seysses

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

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

a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Seysses


Muret

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


Muret

English: Muret

desc

→ Chinese: → 米雷 (Mǐléi) (transliteration)


Lalande

English: Lalande

a habitational surname, Lalande, from landforms


Vésubie

The Vésubie, a river that flows in southeastern France


Vésunne

Holonym: Gaule aquitaine


Mayapan

Holonym: Yucatan

(historical) Mayapan, an ancient Mayan city.


Mostuéjouls

→ English: Mostuéjouls

Mostuéjouls (a village in the Aveyron department, France)


Marie-Audrey

a female given name, combination of Marie and Audrey


Élyse

a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth


Lanuéjols

→ English: Lanuéjols

Lanuéjols (a village in the Gard department, France)

Lanuéjols (a village in the Lozère department, France)


Iachine

Я́шин Яшин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Я́шин (Jášin), equivalent to Yashin.


Nemtsov

Немцо́в Немцов#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Немцо́в (Nemcóv), equivalent to Nemtsov.


Carolanne

a female given name, a combination of Carole and Anne


Senez

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


Sabatier

English: Sabatier


Sabattier

English: Sabattier


Mancey

A commune of Tournus canton, Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


Mancy

A commune of Épernay-2 canton, Épernay, Marne department, Grand Est, France

A village in Bettelainville, Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Lopouloff

Луполов Луполов#Russian

(obsolete) A transliteration of the Russian surname Луполов (Lupolov).


Chevtchouk

Шевчу́к Шевчук#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Шевчу́к (Ševčúk), equivalent to Shevchuk.


Youri

Ю́рий Юрий#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to Yuri.


Iouri

Ю́рий Юрий#Russian


O'Bansawin

Borrowed from English O'Bansawin, Anglicized from the French Obonsawin, Gallicized from the Abenaki Obomsawin, meaning pathfinder.

a surname, O'Bansawin, from Abenaki; Alternative form of Obonsawin


Glouchevitch

English: Glouchevitch


Armanet

English: Armanet

a surname, equivalent to English armanet


Arsinoé

Borrowed from Latin Arsinoe, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).

A female given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Arsinoe


Mégare

Borrowed from Latin Megara, from Ancient Greek Μεγάρα (Megára).

Holonym: Grèce


Philadelphe

Borrowed from Latin Philadelphus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Philadelphus


Antras

→ English: Antras

Borrowed from Occitan Antràs, probably from Antres du Cluzets, from antre (“cave”), referring to three contiguous caves that were made in the rocks and remain today. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.

Holonym: Couserans

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

Holonym: Gers

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


Artillac

Artillac (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Volp

Volp (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France).


Arize

Arize (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Baup

Holonym: Couserans

The Baup (a right tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Baup

English: Baup


Touloubre

Touloubre (a river in Bouches-du-rhône, France)


Foenkinos

Borrowed from Arabic. A Sephardi surname.

David Foenkinos, b. 1974


Tautou

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Corrèze.


Marité

a diminutive of the female given name Marie-Thérèse.


Asie de l'Est

Holonym: Asie


Asie du Sud

Holonym: Asie


Andie

a diminutive of the unisex given names André or Andrea, from Ancient Greek.


Poubelle

English: Poubelle

Historically most prevalent in Pas-de-Calais.


Parque Fluminense

Borrowed from Portuguese Parque Fluminense.

bor+

A district of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Baixada Fluminense

Borrowed from Portuguese Baixada Fluminense.


Filatieff

Borrowed from Russian Филатьев (Filatʹjev).

Филатьев Филатьев#Russian

(dated) A transliteration of the Russian surname Филатьев (Filatʹjev).


Marpsat

Maryse Marpsat, b. 1951


Zaporojié

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).


Alexandrovsk

Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндровск (Aleksándrovsk).

Алекса́ндровск

(historical) Synonym of Zaporijia (“Alexandrovsk”)


Olexandrivsk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Олекса́ндрівськ (Oleksándrivsʹk).

Олекса́ндрівськ

(historical) Synonym of Zaporijia (“Olexandrivsk”)


Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher

A municipality in Liège province, Belgium.


Touré

English: Toure


Diamniadio

→ English: Diamniadio

Diamniadio (a town in the Rufisque department, Dakar, Senegal)


Poilièvre

English: Poilievre


Thibedeau

English: Thibedeau


Poilievre

English: Poilievre


Village Shaughnessy

From village + Shaughnessy; Calque of English Shaughnessy Village; named after Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR, CP Rail).

Shaughnessy Village
Shaughnessy Village#English

Region of Montreal
Region of Montreal#English

Golden Square Mile
Golden Square Mile#English

Shaughnessy Village: A district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a flat plateau neighbourhood bounded by the Saint-Jacques Escarpment and CP Rail lines and Autoroute Ville Marie and Little Burgundy to street south, Westmount and Atwater Avenue to street west, Guy Street and the Golden Square Mile to street east, and Sherbrooke Boulevard and the slopes of Mount Royal to street north.

en:Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy


Shoni

English: Shoni

Abbreviation of Shaughnessy., from Village Shaughnessy, from English Shaughnessy, named after Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR, CP Rail).

Village Shaughnessy
Village Shaughnessy#French

Shoni; diminutive of Village Shaughnessy: A district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Mikhaïlov

Borrowed from Ukrainian Михайлов (Myxajlov).

Boris Mikhaïlov, b. 1938

Михайлов Михайлов#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Михайлов (Myxajlov).


Delagrange

English: Delagrange


Valérius

From latinization of the patronymic surname Valéry, reinforced by Valerius.

Vidian Valérius, b. 1988


Vidocq

Historically most prevalent in the Pas-de-Calais department but actually borrowed from Occitan.

Eugène-François Vidocq, b. 1775


Kalifa

Dominique Kalifa, b. 1957


Hamraoui

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْرَاوِي (ḥamrāwī).


Brugheas

→ English: Brugheas

Brugheas (a village in the Allier department, France)


Izioum

Izium (a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine)


Tolbiac

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

(historical) Zülpich (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

(Paris) The district around Rue de Tolbiac.


Rantonnet

Translingual: rantonnetii


Érik

a male given name from Old Norse or the Germanic languages, variant of Éric.


Vieillot

English: Vieillot

From vieillot. Historically most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.


Marjolène

a female given name, variant of Marjolaine.


Macquaire

English: Macquaire


Nippes

Haitian Creole: Nip

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


Rabelais

English: Rabelais

Made famous by François Rabelais. Recently extinct in France.


Boutella

Borrowed from Arabic بُوتَلَّة (būtalla).

Sofia Boutella, b. 1982


Bousenna

Borrowed from Arabic بُوسَنَّة (būsanna).


Tracy-sur-Loire

→ English: Tracy-sur-Loire

Tracy-sur-Loire (a village in the Nièvre department, France)


Cosnard

English: Cosnard

Historically most prevalent in the Sarthe department.

a surname, equivalent to English Cosnard


Condat

Condat (a town in the Cantal department, France)

(historical) Synonym of Condat-sur-Vézère


Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

→ English: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

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


Myennes

→ English: Myennes

Myennes (a village in the Nièvre department, France)


Condé

Condé (a town in the Indre department, France)

(historical) Former town in the Cher department.


Nouvelle-France

English: New France

nouvelle + France. From Middle French Nouvelle France. Literally, “New France”

(historical) New France: A former colony of France in North America


Cosne

(historical) Synonym of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire


Dieumegard

Inherited from Old French Dieu + me + gart, literally "God may protect me". Compare with the similar formation of the surname Boileau. Historically most prevalent in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.


Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine (a commune in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France).


Térence

Borrowed from Latin Terentius. Itself borrowed from latin goddess Terensis, a goddess who presided over the threshing of wheat. Ultimately from Latin terō linked to the technic to separate cobs and seeds of wheat. Cognate with ancient greek τέρην, to make soft.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Terence


OTSC

Organisation du traité de sécurité collective#French

Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Collective Security Treaty Organisation

Initialism of Organisation du traité de sécurité collective (“Collective Security Treaty Organisation”): CSTO


Île Fourchue

Derived from île (“island”) and the feminine form of fourchu (“cleft, split”). The island is named for its shape.


Îlet Pinel

Named after a captain who was shipwrecked near the island in 1689.


Les Abymes

Derived from the plural form of abîme (“abyss”). Allegedly named for fog generated by the evaporation of water of the local swamps.


La Désirade

Calque of Spanish La Deseada, derived from the feminine participle of desear (“desire, wish for”). Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, allegedly because the island was the first land seen by Columbus and his crew after leaving the Canary Islands.

coin

An island, commune, and dependency of Guadeloupe, France.


Grande-Terre

Compound of grand (“great, big”) + terre (“land”).

An island in the Guadeloupe department, France.


Reddit

Unadapted borrowing from English Reddit.


Ligua

La Ligua River (a river in Petorca, Chile)


Malbec

English: Malbec


Maubec

English: Maubec


Letissier

English: Letissier

Historically most prevalent in the Orne department.


UES

(law enforcement, Canada) Initialism of unité des enquêtes spéciales (“Special Investigations Unit, SIU”).


Capitale-Nationale

Derived from capitale (“capital”) and national (“national”). The region hosts the provincial capital (Ville de Québec).


Bas-Saint-Laurent

Derived from bas (“low, lower”) and Saint-Laurent (“Saint Laurence River”). The region is named for its location.


Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

The region is named after the hydronyms Saguenay and Lac-Saint-Jean.


Nord-du-Québec

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


Les Basques

The municipality is named after the nearby Île aux Basques.

A regional county municipality of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.


Kamouraska

The county municipality is named after the Kamouraska river.


Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

The region is named after the Gaspésie region and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago.


Menu

English: Menu

Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.


Témiscamingue

The municipality is named after the hydronym lac Témiscamingue (“Timiskaming Lake”).

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


La Vallée-de-l'Or

Derived from vallée (“valley”) and or (“gold”), analogously to Val-d’Or.


Rimouski-Neigette

The municipality is named after the Rimouski and Neigette rivers.


Lanaudière

Named after a former lordship, named in turn after its first owner, military officer Charles-François Tarieu de La Naudière (1710–1776).


La Matanie

Derived from Matane (“a hydronym”) + -ie. The name was chosen in 2013 as a way to refer to the river, the city of Matane and the historical Fiefdom of Matane through a single name.


Rivière-du-Loup

The municipality is named after a river.


Témiscouata

The municipality is named after the hydronym lac Témiscouata.


La Mitis

The municipality is named after the Mitis river.


Côte-Nord

Derived from côte (“coast”) and nord (“north”). The region is named for its location on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


Chaudière-Appalaches

The region is named after the Chaudière river and the Appalachian Mountains.


Centre-du-Québec

Derived from centre (“center”) and the toponym Québec. The region is named for its central location within Quebec.


La Matapédia

The municipality is named after the Matapédia valley.


Abitibi-Ouest

Derived from the toponym Abitibi and ouest (“west”).


Rouyn-Noranda

The name of the city is derived from the name of the former cities of Rouyn and Noranda.

A city and regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Derived from the toponyms Abitibi and Témiscamingue.


La Jacques-Cartier

The municipality is named after the former County of Jacques-Cartier, named in turn after French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491 - 1557).

A regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


Mékinac

The municipality is named after a mountain of the same name.

A regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.


Les Sources

A regional county municipality of Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Portneuf

The city is named after the fiefdom of Portneuf, named in turn after military officer René Robineau de Portneuf (1659–1726).
The municipality is named after the former Barony of Portneuf, named in turn after the city.

A city in Portneuf, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


Charlevoix-Est

Derived from the toponym Charlevoix and est (“east”).


Maskinongé

Named after the Maskinongé river, named in turn for the presence of muskellunge (“Esox masquinongy”) in its waters.


Le Granit

Derived from granit (“granite”). The municipality is named for the strong presence of granite within it.


L'Île-d'Orléans

The municipality is named after the Île d’Orléans island.


Laurentides

The region is named after the Laurentian Mountains.


Le Domaine-du-Roy

Derived from domaine (“domain”) and roi (“king”). The area of the municipality formerly belonged to the king of France.

A regional county municipality of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.


Maria-Chapdelaine

The municipality is named after the novel Maria Chapdelaine by author Louis Hémon (1880–1913). The municipality roughly encompasses the area where the novel is set.


Manicouagan

The municipality is named after the Manicouagan river.

A regional county municipality of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada.


La Haute-Yamaska

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Yamaska.


Brome-Missisquoi

The municipality is named after the village of Brome and the Missisquoi river.


Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

The name of the municipality is derived from fjord and the hydronym Saguenay.


La Haute-Côte-Nord

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the toponym Côte-Nord.


Le Rocher-Percé

Derived from rocher (“rock”) and the past participle of perce (“pierce”). The municipality is named after a rock formation within it.

A regional county municipality of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.


Les Etchemins

The municipality is named for the Etchemin River and Etchemin Lake.

A regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.


Sept-Rivières

Derived from sept (“seven”) and rivière (“river”).


La Haute-Gaspésie

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the toponym Gaspésie.


La Côte-de-Gaspé

Derived from côte (“coast”) and the toponym Gaspé.


Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent

Derived from Golfe du Saint-Laurent (“Gulf of St. Lawrence”).


Les Appalaches

The municipality is named after the Appalachian Mountains.


Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais

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Les Collines-de-l’-Outaouais f pl (plural only)

Les Collines-de-l’-Outaouais (canonical feminine plural)

Derived from the plural form of colline (“hill”) and the toponym Outaouais.

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Coaticook

The municipality is named after the city of Coaticook.


La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

Derived from vallée (“valley”) and the hydronym Gatineau.


La Côte-de-Beaupré

Derived from côte (“coast”) and the toponym Beaupré.


Montmagny

The municipality is named after the city of Montmagny.


Memphrémagog

Derived from the Abenaki toponym mamhlawbagak, translating to "at the great lake" or "at the great expanse of water".


L'Islet

The municipality is named after the village of L'Islet.


Lotbinière

The municipality is named after the city of Lotbinière.


Bellechasse

Named after the former County of Bellechasse.


Matawinie

Derived from Matawin (a hydronym) + -ie.

A regional county municipality of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada.


L'Assomption

The municipality is named after the city of L'Assomption.


Beauce-Centre

Derived from the toponyms Beauce and centre (“center”).


La Nouvelle-Beauce

Derived from nouveau (“new”) and the toponym Beauce.


Deux-Montagnes

The municipality is named after the former County of Deux-Montagnes.

A regional county municipality of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Beauce-Sartigan

Derived from the toponyms Beauce and Sartigan.


Rouville

The municipality is named after the Rouville family, which owned land in the current municipality.

A regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Les Pays-d'en-Haut

Les Pays-d’en-Haut (canonical masculine plural)

Derived from the plural form of pays (“country”) and haut (“high”). The municipality is named for its higher elevation.


Les Laurentides

The municipality is named after the Laurentian Mountains.


Thérèse-De Blainville

The municipality is named after aristocrat Marie-Thérèse Dugué de Boisbriand (1671–1744).


Le Haut-Richelieu

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Richelieu.


Argenteuil

The municipality is named after the former County of Argenteuil.


L'Érable

A regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.


Le Haut-Saint-Laurent

/lə o sɛ̃ lɔ.ʁɑ̃/

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Saint-Laurent.


Bécancour

The municipality is named after the city of Bécancour.


Les Jardins-de-Napierville

Derived from the plural form of jardin (“garden”) and the toponym Napierville.


Vaudreuil-Soulanges

The municipality is named after colonial governor Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1650–1725) and nobleman Pierre-Jacques de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson (1677–1703).

fr:Pierre-Jacques de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson


La Vallée-du-Richelieu

The toponym derives from vallée (“valley”) and the name of the Richelieu river.


Marguerite-D'Youville

The municipality is named after Marguerite d'Youville (1701–1771).


Lac-Saint-Jean-Est

The name of the municipality is derived from the hydronym Lac-Saint-Jean and est (“east”).


Beauharnois-Salaberry

The municipality is named after the cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.


Arthabaska

The municipality is named after the former city of Arthabaska. From Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”). Compare English Athabasca from Woods Cree athap askaw (“there are many reeds”).


Nicolet-Yamaska

Named after the city of Nicolet and the Yamaska river.


Les Maskoutains

Etymology uncertain. The name of the municipality may derive from an Abenaki term meaning "large bushes" or "hay". An alternative possibility is a derivation from an Algonquian term meaning "savanna" or "swamp".


Antoine-Labelle

The municipality is named after priest Antoine Labelle (1833–1891).


Solovieff

Borrowed from Russian Соловьёв (Solovʹjóv).

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a surname from Russian, equivalent to English Solovyev