Bassussarry

From Occitan Bassussarri, from Basque Basusarri.

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


Louhossoa

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


Espelette

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


Bidart

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


Saint-Jean-de-Luz

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


Marsoui

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


Le Boulou

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


Murdochville

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


Havre-Saint-Pierre

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


Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts

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


Saint-Pascal

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


Baie-Comeau

Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, Québécois naturalist.

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


Baie-Saint-Paul

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


Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon

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


Vaudreuil-Dorion

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

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


Trois-Pistoles

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


Mont-Joli

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

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


Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

From Catalan Sant Llorenç de la Salanca.

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


Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

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


Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon

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


Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

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


Lebel-sur-Quévillon

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


Canet-en-Roussillon

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

Holonym: Roussillon

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

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


Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

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


Souraïde

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


Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

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


Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

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


Sorel-Tracy

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

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


Argelès-sur-Mer

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


Prétoria

Pretoria (the capital city of South Africa)


Lecumberry

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


Dédé

a diminutive of the male given name André


Tigranocerte

Learned borrowing from Latin Tigranocerta, from Ancient Greek Τιγρανόκερτα (Tigranókerta), itself a borrowing from Old Armenian Տիգրանակերտ (Tigranakert).

der

Τιγρανόκερτα


Trentin-Haut-Adige

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

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


Émilie-Romagne

administrative region
administrative region

Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)


Lépine

From l'épine ("the thorn"), used as a soldier's name.


Lépine

Topographical/habitational name from any of several places in France called l'Épine or Lépine, and altered form of Lépinay, from Épenay, commune of Pas-de-Calais and former commune of Eure, France.


Kœnigsberg

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

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


Mondésir

Compound of mon + désir, literally "my desire".


Séguier

Pierre Séguier (1588–1672), Chancellor of France (1635–1672)


Trébizonde

Borrowed from Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta).


Gudjérat

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گجرات (Gücerât), from Persian گجرات (gojarât).


Moselotte

Holonym: Vosges

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


Cimiez

→ English: Cimiez

→ Russian: Симье (Simʹje)


Numance

la bataille de Numance

le siège de Numance

(historical) Numantia (an ancient city, located in the municipality of Garray in modern Spain)


Guillou

→ English: Guillou

Borrowed from Breton. Historically most prevalent in Finistère.


Crémone

Borrowed from Italian Cremona or Latin Cremōna.

Cremona (a province and city in Lombardy, Italy)


perfide Albion

→ English: Perfidious Albion (calque)

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

Augustin Louis de Ximénès
French Revolutionary Wars


Poupon

English: Poupon

English: Grey Poupon


Clém

a diminutive of the male given name Clément, equivalent to English Clem


Clém

a diminutive of the female given names Clémentine or Clémence, equivalent to English Clem


Clém

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Clem


Jaille

(found in various toponyms: La Jaille-Yvon, Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, etc.)


Djaïpour

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

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

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

Jaipur (the state capital of Rajasthan, India)


Bengué

English: Bengue


Oopa

Oopa: a surname from the Polynesian languages


Yorgantz

Adaptation of Armenian Յորղանճյան (Yorġančyan).


Ardouin

* (Surname): Historically most prevalent in Charente-Maritime, Gironde and Vendée.


Ardouin

→ English: Ardouin


Lacan

Habitational from Occitan calm (“waste; dry plateau”). Lacamp, Lacant, Lacand, Lacam are variants.


Bakavi

Alternative spelling of Bacavi (Hopi village in Arizona)


Cournut

→ English: Cournut

Borrowed from Occitan Cornut. Historically most prevalent in Aveyron and Lozère.

Bérangère Cournut, b. 1979


Hotevilla

Borrowed from English Hotevilla, itself from Hopi Hotvela.

Holonym: Hotevilla-Bacavi

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


Hotevilla-Bacavi

Holonym: Arizona

Meronyms: Bacavi, Hotevilla, Oraibi

census-designated place
census-designated place

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


Egor

Егор Егор#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Егор (Jegor).


Balazeïkine

Borrowed from Russian Балазейкин (Balazejkin).

Балазейкин Балазейкин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Балазейкин (Balazejkin)


Noëlla

a female given name, a variant of Noëlle.


Laliberté

→ English: Laliberte

Most prevalent in Quebec, rare in France,


Tôtes

→ English: Tôtes

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


île Seguin

After Armand Seguin, who bought the island in 1794.

Holonyms: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine

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


Deslauriers

→ English: Deslauriers, Deloria


Dieu le Saint-Esprit

(Christianity theology) God the Holy Ghost


Vioulac

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Aveyron.

Jean Vioulac, b. 1971


Lardeux

Historically most prevalent in Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne.

André Lardeux, b. 1946


Raybaud

→ English: Raybaud

→ Translingual: Raybaudia

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Alpes-Maritimes.

Jean-François-Maxime Raybaud, b. 1795


monts San Francisco

San Francisco Peaks
San Francisco Peaks#English

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


pics San Francisco

les pics San Francisco (canonical masculine plural)

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


Estée

a diminutive of the female given name Esther, equivalent to English Estee or Esti


Arstt.

Σύμηθεν [ῡ] adv. de Symè, Il. 2,671; Arstt. Rhet. 3,12; Q. Sm. 11,61 (Σύμη).

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

Σύμηθεν [ῡ] adv. from Syme, Il.2.671, Arist.Rh.3.12, Q.Sm.11.61 (Σύμη).

Bibliographical abbreviation of Aristote (“Aristotle”): Arist.


Symè

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

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

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

Syme (an island in the Dodecanese, Greece)


Poirot

English: Poirot

Middle French Poirot. From a variant of Pierrot: Pierre (“Peter”) + -ot (equivalent of the English Petey, Pete.)

gloss

Poirot: a surname transferred from the given name


Boriaud

Jean-Yves Boriaud (born 1950), French author, editor, and translator


Thc.

Σύμη, ης (ἡ) [ῡ] Symè (auj. Simmi ou Symi) petite î. sur la côte de Carie, Hdt. 1,174; Thc. 8,41, etc.

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

Σύμη, ης (ἡ) [ῡ] Syme (today Simi or Symi) small i. off the coast of Caria, Hdt.1.174, Th.8.41, etc.

Bibliographical abbreviation of Thucydide (“Thucydides”): Th.


Simmi

Influenced by the Modern Greek pronunciation of Σύμη (Sými).


Chersonèse Taurique

la Chersonèse Taurique (canonical feminine)

Calque of Latin Chersonēsus Taurica or Ancient Greek ἡ Ταυρῐκὴ Χερσόνησος (hē Taurikḕ Khersónēsos).

calque

ἡ Ταυρῐκὴ Χερσόνησος

Taurĭcus, a, um, Taurique, de la Tauride: Ov. P. 1, 2, 80; Plin. 4, 85 ‖ -rĭca, æ, f., la Chersonèse Taurique: Plin. 4, 91.

1934, Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,546/3, s.v. «Taurĭcus»:

Taurĭcus, a, um, Tauric, of the Taurida: Ov.P.1.2.80, Plin.4.85 ‖ -rĭca, æ, f., the Tauric Chersonese: Plin.4.91.

Tauric Chersonese
Tauric Chersonese#English


Symi

Influenced by the standard Modern Greek Romanisation of Σύμη (Sými).


Australasie

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

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


Lalloum

Borrowed from Arabic. A sefardi surname from Algeria.


Laloum

Adam Laloum, b. 1987


Cazalé

→ English: Cazale

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.

Nicolas Cazalé, b. 1977


Clémie

a diminutive of the female given name Clémentine


Andreassian

Borrowed from Armenian Անդրեասյան (Andreasyan).


Marwan

مَرْوَان مروان#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَرْوَان (marwān)

Marwan Berreni, b. 1988


Sotuknang

Borrowed from English Sotuknang, itself from Hopi.


Toulouges

→ English: Toulouges

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

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


Béa

a diminutive of the female given name Béatrice, equivalent to English Bea


LFI

La France Insoumise
w:La France Insoumise

(French politics) Initialism of La France Insoumise (literally “France Unbowed”), a left-wing populist political party in France.


Alexanian

Borrowed from Armenian Ալեքսանյան (Alekʻsanyan).


Vinciane

Vinciane Despret, b. 1959


Despret

→ English: Despret

In France, historically most prevalent in Nord.

Vinciane Despret, b. 1959


Desprets

→ English: Desprets


Sanssouci

Borrowed from German Sanssouci, from French sans souci (“without worry”).


Hannedouche

In France, historically most prevalent in Pas-de-Calais and Nord.

Simone Hannedouche, b. 1888


Archag

Archag Tchobanian, b. 1872

Արշակ Արշակ#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արշակ (Aršak), equivalent to Arshag


Tchobanian

Borrowed from Armenian Չոբանյան (Čʻobanyan).

bor+

Archag Tchobanian, b. 1872

Չօպանեան Չօպանեան#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian surname Չօպանեան (Čʻōpanean), equivalent to Chobanian


Grenier de Lascouinettes

fr-proper noun

Grenier de Lascouinettes m or f by sense


Rida

→ English: Rida


Guignol

fr-noun

Guignol m (countable and uncountable, plural Guignols)

Originated in Lyon, from guigner (“to wink”) + -ol; also the name of the main character.

Gendarme et Guignol.

(theater) the name of a puppet character


Petit Berlin

(historical) Synonym of Mödlareuth (“Little Berlin”)


Mödlareuth

Holonyms: Gefell, Töpen

Mödlareuth (a village in Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany)


Grolet

→ Spanish: Gurulé

→ English: Gurule

Ultimately from Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”).

Cédric Grolet, b. 1985


Europe de l'Est

fr-proper noun

Europe de l’Est f (plural Europe de l’Est)

Europe de l’ Est (canonical feminine)
de l’ Est (Europe plural)


Topsent

→ Translingual: Topsentia

Historically most prevalent in the Eure department.


Shongopavi

Alternative spelling of Shongopovi (Hopi village in Arizona)


Wuwuchin

Misspelling of Wuwuchim (“Wuwuchim”). (Hopi ceremony)


Powamu

Borrowed from English Powamu, itself from Hopi.


Walpi

Borrowed from English Walpi, itself from Hopi.

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


Kokyangwuti

Borrowed from English Kókyangwúti, itself from Hopi Kookyangwuuti.


Mère Araignée

(Hopi religion) Synonym of Kokyangwuti (“Spider Woman”)


Niman Katchina

Borrowed from English Niman Kachina, itself from Hopi.


Shongopovi

Borrowed from English Shongopovi, itself from Hopi Songòopavi.

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


Maasa'u

Borrowed from English, itself from Hopi.


Tuwaquachi

Borrowed from English Túwaquachi, itself from Hopi.


Wuwuchim

Borrowed from English Wuwuchim, itself from Hopi.


Soyal

Borrowed from English Soyal, itself from Hopi.


Quatrième Univers

le Quatrième Univers (canonical masculine)


Petit Colorado

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


Debès

Ferdinand Debès (1786–1875), French politician

association football
association football

Thierry Debès (born 1974), French retired goalkeeper and current coach in association football


Debes

Juliette Émilie Debes (1889–1979), French painter and portrait-artist

Marthe Désirée Debes (1893–1967), French painter and portrait-artist


Maistre

→ English: Maistre

Historically most prevalent in Alpes-Maritimes.


Albouy

→ English: Albouy

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Aveyron.


Eyssartier

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Dordogne.

Guillaume Eyssartier, b. 1971


Cinquième Monde

le Cinquième Monde (canonical masculine)

(Hopi religion) Fifth World (the world which will follow the destruction of our present world)

(Navajo religion) Fifth World (the present world)


Cinquième Univers

le Cinquième Univers (canonical masculine)


FdD

(bibliography) Initialism of Fouilles de Delphes (literally “Excavations from Delphi”).


canyon du Diable

Holonym: Arizona

Canyon Diablo (a canyon in Northern Arizona)


Athénaïs

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan (1640–1707), the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XIV of France


Eschn.

Abbreviation of Eschine: Aeschin. (“Aeschines”).


Graulhet

→ English: Graulhet

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

Holonym: Tarn

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


Mazamet

→ English: Mazamet

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

Holonym: Tarn

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


Pierre le Grand

/pjɛʁ lə ɡʁɑ̃/


Richepance

Variant of Richepanse, both apparently extinct.

Antoine Richepance b. 1770


Ramond

English: Ramond

Translingual: Ramond, Ramonda

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Haute-Garonne.


Philis

→ English: Philis

Pierre-Joseph-Adalbert Philis, b. 1831


plateforme de glace

fr-noun

plateforme de glace f (plural plateformes de glace)


plateforme de glace Filchner-Ronne

la plateforme de glace Filchner-Ronne (canonical feminine)

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf


plate-forme de glace Filchner-Ronne

la plate-forme de glace Filchner-Ronne (canonical feminine)


CGRI

w:fr:Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique

(military) Initialism of Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”): IRGC


plate-forme de glace

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


Lowies

Originates in Belgium, from Dutch Lowies.

(rare) a male given name from the surname.


Saint-Macary

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Macari, from Latin Macarius. Historically most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Macary

→ English: Macary

Borrowed from Catalan Macari or Occitan Macari, from Latin Macarius.


Planty

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


Thcr.

Abbreviation of Théocrite (“Theocritus”): Theoc.


Hh.

Abbreviation of Hymnes homériques (“Homeric Hymns, hymni Homerici”): h.Hom.


Rhènè

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

bor+

Ῥήνη, ης (ἡ) Rhènè, nymphe, Il.2, 728.

1935, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,717/3, s.v. « Ῥήνη »:

(Greek mythology) Rhene (a nymph, the paramour of King Oïleus of Locris, and the mother of either or neither of his sons Medon and Ajax)


Braudel

→ English: Braudel

Historically most prevalent in the Meuse department.

Fernand Braudel, b. 1902


Signoret

→ English: Signoret


Noûr

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

a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Nur


Powamuy

(Hopi culture) Alternative spelling of Powamu


Lakon

Borrowed from English Lakon, itself from Hopi.


Dadou

→ English: Dadou

Holonym: Tarn

A right tributary of the Agout in Occitanie, France


Dadou

→ English: Dadou


Shungopavi

Alternative spelling of Shongopovi (Hopi village in Arizona)


Messac

→ English: Messac


Brabançon

fr-proper noun

Brabançon m (plural Brabançons or Brabançonnes, feminine Brabançonne)

Brabançons (plural)
Brabançonnes (plural)
Brabançonne (feminine)

Brabantian (a person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant, especially if Brabantian-speaking)


Montseron

Meronym: Magarat


Saint-Félix-Lauragais

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Lauragais

Meronym: Bentofarino

A village in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Magarat

Holonym: Montseron

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

Holonym: Saint-Girons

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


Thérech

Holonym: Montjoie-en-Couserans

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


Baliar

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

Holonym: Montjoie-en-Couserans

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


Bentefarine

Holonym: Bax

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

Holonym: Gibel

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


Carla-Bayle

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

Meronym: Encausse


Petites Pyrénées

les Petites Pyrénées (canonical feminine plural)

Holonym: Plantaurel


Plantaurel

Meronym: Petites Pyrénées


Canet Plage

Holonym: Canet-en-Roussillon

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


Agde

Borrowed from Occitan Agde, from Latin Agatha.

Meronym: Le Cap d’Agde

Agde (a town in Hérault, Occitanie, France)


Valjean

→ English: Valjean


Aniane

A small town in Hérault, Occitanie, France


Carbonne

A small town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Akhannouch

Aziz Akhannouch, b. 1961

أخنوش أخنوش#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic surname أخنوش.


Urvoas

Borrowed from Breton Urvoaz. Historically most prevalent in Finistère.


Montbrun

→ English: Montbrun

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

Former name of Montbrun-Bocage. (village in Haute-Garonne)

A village and former commune of Lozère, Occitanie, France

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


Camezind

→ English: Camezind


Camenzind

Borrowed from German Camenzind, itself from Alemannic German Camenzind.

a surname from German [in turn from Alemannic German]


FDLP

w:fr:Front démocratique pour la libération de la Palestine

Initialism of Front démocratique pour la libération de la Palestine (“Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine”): DFLP


Saxe-Anhalt

Calque of German Sachsen-Anhalt. From Saxe + Anhalt

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


Bade-Wurtemberg

From German Baden-Württemberg. From Bade + Wurtemberg


Organisation du traité de sécurité collective f

/ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃ dy tʁɛ.te d(ə) se.ky.ʁi.te kɔ.lɛk.tiv/

/ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃ dy tʁe.te d(ə) se.ky.ʁi.te kɔ.lɛk.tiv/

Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Collective Security Treaty Organisation

fr:Organisation du traité de sécurité collective


Organisation mondiale du commerce

World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization


Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale

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

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania#English

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (a state of Germany)


Fallières

Armand Fallières (1841–1931), French politician and President of France, 1906–1913


Ianoukovitch

Francization of Ukrainian Януко́вич (Janukóvyč).

Янукович Янукович#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Янукович (Janukovyč): Yanukovych


Porochenko

Francization of Ukrainian Пороше́нко (Porošénko).

Пороше́нко Порошенко#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Пороше́нко (Porošénko)


Marioupol

Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ).

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

Bakhmut (a raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)


Bakhmout

Borrowed from Ukrainian Бахмут (Baxmut).

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


Kryvyï Rih

From Ukrainian Криви́й Рі́г (Kryvýj Ríh).

bor

Криви́й Рі́г

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

Kryvyi Rih (a raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)


Gueldre

Gelderland (a province of the Netherlands)


Brabant-Septentrional

North Brabant (a province of the Netherlands)


Grand-Mère Araignée

(Hopi religion) Synonym of Kokyangwuti (“Spider Grandmother”)


Hollande-Méridionale

South Holland (a province of the Netherlands)


Quatrième Monde

le Quatrième Monde (canonical masculine)


Choulguine

Borrowed from Russian Шульги́н (Šulʹgín).

bor+

Шульги́н Шульгин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Шульги́н (Šulʹgín, “Shulgin”)


Hollande-Septentrionale

North Holland (a province of the Netherlands)


Pouchiline

Borrowed from Russian Пуши́лин (Pušílin).

Пуши́лин Пушилин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пуши́лин (Pušílin, “Pushilin”)


Karwinsky

(historical) Alternative spelling of Karwinski


Karwinski

Wilhelm Friedrich von Karwinski, b. 1780


Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures

Appenzell Inner Rhodes
Appenzell Inner Rhodes#English

Appenzell Inner Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)


Bâle-Campagne

Basel-Landschaft (a canton of Switzerland)


Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures

Appenzell Outer Rhodes
Appenzell Outer Rhodes#English

Appenzell Outer Rhodes (a canton of Switzerland)


Schwytz

Schwyz (a town, the capital of Schwyz canton, Switzerland)

Schwyz District (a district of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland)


Presbourg

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


Guemrirene

Borrowed from Arabic. Originating from Algeria.


Belmessous

Hacène Belmessous, b. 1964


Hacène

حَسَن حسن#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name حَسَن (ḥasan)

Hacène Belmessous, b. 1964


Tupungato

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

ubor

Tupungato (volcano on the Argentina-Chile border).


Boudokhane

Borrowed from Arabic. Originating from Tunisia.


Amarouche

Borrowed from Arabic عماروش. Originating from Algeria.


Corneville-sur-Risle

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

Holonym: Eure

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


Saint-Cannat

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

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

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

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


Manneville-sur-Risle

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

Holonym: Eure

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


Vernègues

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

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


Risle

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

Holonym: Normandie

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


Ercé

→ English: Ercé

Holonym: Couserans

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


Beauzelly

Attested in Saint Beauzelly outre Gardon on the Cassini map (1740s).


Bougareit

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

Holonym: Massat

A hamlet in Massat, Ariège department, Occitanie, France


Bauzély

Alternative form of Baudile (historical given name)


Corneville sur Rille

Obsolete spelling of Corneville-sur-Risle. (village in Eure)


L'Haÿ-les-Roses

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


Bazille

→ English: Bazille

Historically most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.


Bethmale

→ English: Bethmale

Holonym: Couserans

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


Mérens-les-Vals

→ English: Mérens-les-Vals

Holonym: Ariège

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


Poipet

Banteay Meanchey
Banteay Meanchey#English

Poipet (a city in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia)


Jénine

Jenin (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


EDF

Électricité de France
w:Électricité de France

Initialism of Électricité de France, a French multinational electric utility company.


Chabanais

→ English: Chabanais

Chabanais (a village in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Saint-Junien

→ English: Saint-Junien

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


Alekseï

Transliteration of Russian Алексе́й (Alekséj)

transliteration

Алексе́й Алексей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj).


Rochechouart

Translingual: (552385) Rochechouart

→ English: Rochechouart

/ʁɔ.ʃə.ʃwaʁ/

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

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


Cézanne

From Italian Cesana. Nominal usage can be attributed to artist Paul Cézanne.

a female given name transferred from the surname


Étiennette

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Étienne


SFIO

w:Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière

(historical, politics) Initialism of Section française de l’Internationale ouvrière (“French Section of the Workers' International”).


Malesherbes

→ English: Malesherbes

Holonym: Le Malesherbois

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

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


Bainghen

→ English: Bainghen

Holonym: Pas-de-Calais

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


Ossages

→ English: Ossages

Holonym: Landes

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


Puyoô

→ English: Puyoô

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Hagetmau

→ English: Hagetmau

Holonym: Chalosse

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


Sormiou

→ English: Sormiou

Holonym: Marseille

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


Saint-Boès

→ English: Saint-Boès

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Susmiou

→ English: Susmiou

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Baigts-de-Béarn

→ English: Baigts-de-Béarn

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Saint-Girons-en-Béarn

→ English: Saint-Girons-en-Béarn

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Accous

→ English: Accous

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Cucuron

→ English: Cucuron

Holonym: Vaucluse

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


Cette-Eygun

→ English: Cette-Eygun

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Mouterre-sur-Blourde

→ English: Mouterre-sur-Blourde

Holonym: Vienne

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


Basse-Autriche

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


Eygun

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

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


Eygun

François Eygun, b. 1898


Chalosse

Holonym: Landes

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

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


Cuguron

→ English: Cuguron

Holonym: Comminges

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


Cette

Obsolete spelling of Sète. (town in Hérault)

Holonym: Cette-Eygun

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


Despourrins

Borrowed from Occitan Desporrins. Apparently extinct.

Cyprien Despourrins, b. 1698


Cuqueron

→ English: Cuqueron

Holonym: Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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


Haute-Autriche

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


ARCOM

w:fr:Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique

Acronym of Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique.


FPLP

w:fr:Front populaire de libération de la Palestine

Initialism of Front populaire de libération de la Palestine (“Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine”): PFLP


Pellissier

→ English: Pellissier


Pellicier

→ English: Pellicier


Pélissier

→ Translingual: pelisserianus

→ English: Pelissier


Grosclaude

→ English: Grosclaude

In France, historically most prevalent in Doubs.

Louis-Aimé Grosclaude, b. 1784


Gabaigt

Borrowed from Occitan, possibly a variant of Gabaix.


Gabaich

Borrowed from Occitan Gavaish, see Gabaix.


Gabarrou

Borrowed from Occitan Gabarron, see Gabarre.


rouergat

A Languedocian dialect spoken in Aveyron


Gabarret

Borrowed from Occitan Gabarret, see Gabarre.

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


Gschwind

Borrowed from German Gschwind, itself from Bavarian or Alemannic German. In France, historically most prevalent in Haut-Rhin.

Jean-Paul Gschwind, b. 1952


Gabarrot

→ English: Gabarrot

Borrowed from Occitan Gabarròt, see Gabarre.


Diom.

Diom. = Diomède, grammairien du 4ᵉ s. ap. J.-C., postérieur à Donat [Gramm. Lat., éd. Keil, t. 1].

1934, Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin–French dictionary], Paris: Hachette, “Liste des auteurs et des ouvrages” [“List of the authors and of the works”], page 1,708/2:

Diom. = Diomedes [Grammaticus], a grammarian of the 4ᵗʰ c. A.D., after [Aelius] Donatus (Gramm. Lat., ed. [Heinrich] Keil, v. 1).

Abbreviation of Diomède (“Diomedes Grammaticus”).


Gabarre

→ English: Gabarre

Borrowed from Occitan Gabarra or Spanish Gabarre.


Bicêtre

Borrowed and corrupted from English Winchester.

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre#English

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

The Bicêtre Hospital; a university hospital located in the commune of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.


Moïsette

a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Moïse


Darrigrand

→ English: Darrigrand

Borrowed from Occitan Darrigrand. Historically most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Robert Darrigrand, b. 1934


Orthez

Holonym: Béarn

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


Orthez

→ English: Orthez


Sentaurens

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Orenç, see Saint-Orens.


Sentaraille

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

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


Xaintrailles

Michel Grosclaude
Orthez
fr:Xaintrailles

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

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


Saint-Araille

Borrowed from Occitan Senta Aralha, see Saint-Arailles.

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


Saint-Araille

a surname transferred from the place name


Pimpaneau

Jacques Pimpaneau, b. 1934


Grecs du roi

Compound of Grecs (“Greeks”) + du (“of the”) + roi (“king”).


HCNUR

w:fr:Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés

(UN) Initialism of Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (“UNHCR”).


OCI

w:fr:Organisation de la coopération islamique

Initialism of Organisation de la coopération islamique (“Organization for Islamic Cooperation”): OIC

(French politics, communism) Initialism of Organisation communiste internationale (“International Communist Organization”), a former communist party in France. ICO


Aubrac

Holonym: Massif Central

Aubrac (a plateau of the Massif Central, France)


Aubrac

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


Aubrac

(very rare) a surname transferred from the place name


État de Palestine

l’État de Palestine (canonical feminine)


Pierrefonds

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

Pierrefonds (a former town in Quebec, Canada)


Canebière

Holonym: Marseille

The Canebière (a high street of Marseille, France)


Hurbache

→ English: Hurbache

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


UNTC

Initialism of Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo.


UNTZA

(historical) Initialism of Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Zaïre.


JMPR

(historical) Initialism of Jeunesse du Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution.


Sidonie

From Sidon (“Saïda”) + -ie. Naming pertaining to the Phoenician city of Sidon.

a female given name, equivalent to English Sidonia


Lathus

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


Afrique de l'Ouest

Afrique de l’ Ouest (canonical feminine)


CEDEAO

Afrique de l’Ouest
Afrique de l'Ouest#French

Acronym of Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (“Economic Community of West African States”): ECOWAS


Le Tellier

→ English: Le Tellier

le + Tellier. Historically most prevalent in Calvados and Morbihan.


Quiquetonne

Borrowed from Middle French Quiquetonne.


Tallandier

→ English: Tallandier


Lhotellier

. Historically most prevalent in Normandie and Picardie.

Henry Lhotellier, b. 1908


Lhôtellier

Patrice Lhôtellier, b. 1966


Mallemort

→ English: Mallemort

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


Chemin-Bas-d'Avignon

le Chemin Bas d’ Avignon (canonical masculine)

Holonym: Nîmes

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


Sisteron

→ English: Sisteron

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


Fursy

Fursy de Péronne, b. ca 567

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


Champs

(Champs-sur-Marne): From Middle French Champs. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s) and official until 1962.


Champs-sur-Marne

→ English: Champs-sur-Marne

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

Holonyms: Brie, Seine-et-Marne

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


Phisalix

Translingual: Phisalixella


Ducoin

→ English: Ducoin

Jean-Emmanuel Ducoin, b. 1966


Saâcy-sur-Marne

→ English: Saâcy-sur-Marne

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

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


Orge

→ English: Orge

Holonym: Île-de-France

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


Chanteraine

Holonym: Meuse

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


Chanteraine

→ English: Chanteraine

Holonym: Cher

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


SMEG

w:Société Monégasque de l'Electricité et du Gaz

Initialism of Société Monégasque de l’Electricité et du Gaz.


Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

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


Saint-Jacques

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


Kikoïne

Borrowed from Belarusian Кікоін (Kikóin) or Russian Кикоин (Kikoin).

bor+

Gérard Kikoïne, b. 1946


Houat

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


Hœdic

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

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


Crégols

→ English: Crégols

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

Holonym: Lot

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


Concots

→ English: Concots

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

Holonym: Lot

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


Crigols

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

Obsolete spelling of Crégols. (village in Lot, France)


Gaillet

→ English: Gaillet

In France, historically most prevalent in the Nord department.


Céret

English: Céret

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

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

Holonym: Vallespir

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


Jougla

Borrowed from Occitan Joglar. Historically most prevalent in Tarn and Hérault.


Stéphen

Stéphen Rostain, b. 1962


Rostain

→ English: Rostain

Historically most prevalent in Hautes-Alpes.


Vignely

→ English: Vignely

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

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


Charmentray

→ English: Charmentray

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

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


Trilbardou

→ English: Trilbardou

Holonym: Seine-et-Marne

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


Toussus-le-Noble

→ English: Toussus-le-Noble

Holonym: Yvelines

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


Vissous

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

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


Pantin

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


Saint-Blaise

→ English: Saint-Blaise

Holonym: Alpes-Maritimes

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

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


Testard

→ English: Testard


Naouri

Borrowed from Arabic. Originating from Algeria.

Jean-Charles Naouri, b. 1949


Alphandéry

→ English: Alphandery

a surname from Ladino [in turn from Arabic]


Farrokhzad

Forough Farrokhzad, b. 1935

فرخزاد فرخزاد#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian surname فرخزاد


Forough

Forough Farrokhzad, b. 1935

فروغ فروغ#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian female given name فروغ


Keramati

Mahtab Keramati, b. 1970

کرامتی کرامتی#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian surname کرامتی


Mahtab

Mahtab Keramati, b. 1970

مهتاب مهتاب#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian female given name مهتاب


Aslani

Faramarz Aslani, b. 1945

اصلانی اصلانی#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian surname اصلانی


Faramarz

Faramarz Aslani, b. 1945

فرامرز فرامرز#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian male given name فرامرز


Chokri

Chokri Belaïd, b. 1964

شكري شكري#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name شكري


Macheret

→ English: Macheret


Chtiba

Osama Chtiba, b. 1988

شطيبة شطيبة#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic surname شطيبة


Aymen

Aymen Hacen, b. 1981

أيمن أيمن#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name أيمن

Aymen Saïdi, b. 1987


Robinet

→ English: Robinet

Robinet Testard


Belaïd

Chokri Belaïd, b. 1964

بلعيد بلعيد#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic surname بلعيد

Lakhdar Belaïd, b. 1964


Guinefort

Alor les paysans du voisinage, émus de cette histoire, rendirent a saint Guinefort, chien et martyr, des honneurs divins.

1885, Alfred Rambaud, Histoire de la civilisation française, page 313:

So the peasants from the neighborhood, moved by this story, rendered divine honors to Saint Guinefort, dog and martyr.

a 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint

Saint Guinefort
an Italian saint from Pavia


Cruou

English: Cruou

Holonym: causse Comtal

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


Mondalazac

Holonym: Salles-la-Source

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


Créneau

English: Créneau

Dourdou de Conques
Dourdou de Conques#English

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


Firmi

Holonym: causse Comtal

A small town in Aveyron, Occitanie, France


Nauviale

→ English: Nauviale

Holonym: causse Comtal

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


Valady

→ English: Valady

Holonym: causse Comtal

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


Salles-la-Source

→ English: Salles-la-Source

Holonym: causse Comtal

Meronym: Mondalazac

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


Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou

Holonym: Conques-en-Rouergue

A village in Conques-en-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France


Marcillac-Vallon

→ English: Marcillac-Vallon

Holonym: causse Comtal

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


Conques-en-Rouergue

/kɔ̃.kɑ̃.ʁwɛʁɡ/

Holonym: causse Comtal

Meronym: Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou


Saint-Christophe-Vallon

→ English: Saint-Christophe-Vallon

Holonym: causse Comtal

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


Dédale

Borrowed from Latin Daedalus, itself from Ancient Greek Δαίδαλος (Daídalos).


GAGA

(algebraic geometry) Acronym of Géometrie Algébrique et Géométrie Analytique (a landmark paper by Jean-Pierre Serre)


Vervins

→ English: Vervins

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

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

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


Thiérache

→ English: Thiérache

Meronyms: Guise, Fourmies, Vervins

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


La Cavalerie

→ English: La Cavalerie

Holonym: Aveyron

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


Thenailles

→ English: Thenailles

As Thenaille on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

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


Delavay

Translingual: Delavaya, delavayi

Historically most prevalent in Haute-Savoie.

Jean-Marie Delavay, b. 1834


Fontaine-lès-Vervins

→ English: Fontaine-lès-Vervins

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

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


Le Nevé

→ English: Le Neve, Leneve

From Breton. Historically most prevalent in Morbihan.


Luynes

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

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


Luynes

Holonym: Indre-et-Loire

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


Luynes

English: Luynes

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence

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


Hichem

Hichem Rostom, b. 1947

هشام هشام#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name هشام


Quart

?→ English: Quart


Kendji

Kendji Maillé, b. 1996


Grande-Synthe

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

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

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


Restonica

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


Théveneau

English: Theveneau


Thévenot

English: Thevenot


Melchisédech

Borrowed from Latin Melchisedech, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַלְכֵּי־צֶדֶק.

der

מַלְכֵּי־צֶדֶק

Biblical Hebrew מַלְכֵּי־צֶדֶק

Melchisédech Thévenot, b. ca. 1620

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


Sauvage

→ English: Sauvage


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


Joli-Cœur

Jacques Joli-Cœur, b. 1940


Jolicœur

→ English: Jolicoeur


Vaxelaire

→ English: Vaxelaire

Borrowed from Alemannic German. Historically most prevalent in Vosges.


Robotyne

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


Boulbi

J’erre dans les rues de Boulbi

2010, “Fast Life”, in Lunatic, performed by Booba:

(colloquial) Clipping of Boulogne-Billancourt.


Grasset

→ English: Grasset


Molène

English: Molene

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

Molenes (an archipelago off Brittany, France)

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


Quémènès

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

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


Arcachon

A commune of the Gironde department, France


Imsouane

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


Yankovitch

bor

Janković, Јанковић

1975 February, Paul Yankovitch, “Une volonté : participer à la division internationale du travail”, in Le Monde diplomatique, number 254, page 25


Bektach

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بَكتاش (Bektâş).


Kadric

Transliteration of Serbo-Croatian Kadrić.

transliteration

A transliteration of the Serbo-Croatian surname Kadrić.


Monthieu

→ English: Monthieu


Monthieux

→ English: Monthieux

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


OZRT

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

(Democratic Republic of the Congo, radio, broadcasting, historical) Initialism of Office Zaïrois de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (“Zairian Bureau of Broadcasting and Television”),a state public broadcaster of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1981 to 1997.


RTNC

w:fr:Radio Télévision nationale congolaise

(Democratic Republic of the Congo, broadcasting) Initialism of Radio Télévision nationale congolaise, a state owned public broadcaster of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


archipel de San Blas

l'archipel de San Blas (canonical masculine)

Holonym: mer des Caraïbes

Meronym: Gardí Sugdub

San Blas Islands
San Blas Islands#English

The San Blas Islands (an archipelago in Panama).


Gardí Sugdub

Holonym: archipel de San Blas


Masdar

Holonym: Abou Dabi

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

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


Neom

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

Holonym: Arabie Saoudite


Amiel

→ English: Amiel

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Ariège, Aude and Haute-Garonne.


Dongtan

Borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin, from Chinese 東灘／东滩.

Holonym: île de Chongming

Dongtan (an abandoned ecocity project in Shanghai, China)


Martres-Tolosane

English: Martres-Tolosane

Holonym: Comminges

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


Colomiers

English: Colomiers

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


Daeninckx

Didier Daeninckx, b. 1949


Daeninck

Benoît Daeninck, b. 1981


BedZED

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

Holonym: Sutton

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


Figarol

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

Holonym: Comminges

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


Figarol

English: Figarol


Mazères-sur-Salat

English: Mazères-sur-Salat

Holonym: Comminges

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


SEPECAT

(France, UK, military, aviation, historical) Acronym of Société Européenne de Production de l’avion Ecole de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (“European company for the production tactical combat support and training aircraft”).


Cucugnan

→ English: Cucugnan

Holonyms: Aude, Corbières

Holonym: Quéribus

Cucugnan (a village in Aude, Occitanie, France)


pays du Matin-Calme

le pays du Matin-Calme (canonical masculine)

(journalism, periphrasis) Synonym of Corée or Corée du Sud (“Korea/South Korea”)


Sarcelles

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


Montaudran

Holonym: Toulouse

A neighborhood of Toulouse, Occitanie, France


Matabiau

Holonym: Toulouse


Les Milles

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence

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


Belle de Mai

Holonym: Marseille

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


Célony

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence


Éguilles

Holonym: Bouches-du-Rhône

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


Rangueil

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

Holonym: Toulouse


Rangueil

de Rangueil (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)


Trabouic

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


Leguenchal

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


Ranchien

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


Missillac

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

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


Bouffry

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

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


Lacay

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


Crabot

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


Bouffil

Borrowed from Occitan. Likely related to nearby Buffel valley.

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


Egvonne

English: Egvonne

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


Justiniac

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


Marliac

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


Cintegabelle

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


Saverdun

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


Ruan-sur-Egvonne

1970. Formerly Ruan, from Latin Rothomagum.

Meronym: Malnoue


Durfort

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


Lézat-sur-Lèze

Holonym: Pédaguès


Malnoë

Likely from Gallo and a variant of Malnoue.

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

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

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

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

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

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


Saint-Ybars

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


Malnoue

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

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

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

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

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


Malnoue

Holonym: Sologne

(mythology, Sologne) A malevolent underground river (in actuality a very high water table that floods easily), connected to the Loire and harming people, cattle and buildings with diseases, rot, drowning, etc.

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


Soubeyran

→ English: Soubeyran


Oneille

Holonym: Imperia

Oneglia (a neighborhood of Imperia, Liguria, Italia)


Goicoechea

Borrowed from Spanish Goicoechea, itself from Basque Goikoetxea. Historically most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]


Supersac

Borrowed from Occitan Subersac. Originating from Béarn.


Suhebiette

Borrowed from Occitan, itself from Basque Zubieta.

a surname from Occitan [in turn from Basque]


Suhubiette

Joël Suhubiette, b. 1962


Supervielle

English: Supervielle

Spanish: Supervielle


Esplas-de-Sérou

Holonym: Séronais

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

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


Eyquem

Borrowed from Occitan Eiquem. From Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, b. 1533


LICADHO

Acronym of Ligue cambodgienne de défense des droits de l'homme.


ADHOC

w:fr:Association pour les droits de l'homme et le développement au Cambodge

Acronym of Association pour les droits de l’homme et le développement au Cambodge.


Cité du Vatican

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

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

Vatican City State
Vatican City State#English

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


Clémont

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


Salbris

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


Aubigny-sur-Nère

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


Souesmes

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


Birette

Historically most prevalent in the Manche department.


Mirouze

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


Clignancourt

From Latin Clenini Curtis, according to Jean Lebeuf.


Cabanel

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


Peltekian

Borrowed from Armenian Փելթեքյան (Pʻeltʻekʻyan).


Aznavourian

Borrowed from Armenian Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan).

Ազնավուրյան Ազնավուրյան#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian surname Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan)

Karina Aznavourian, b. 1974

Азнавурян Азнавурян#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Азнавурян (Aznavurjan)


Bardella

Jordan Bardella, b. 1995


OHI

Initialism of Organisation hydrographique internationale (“International Hydrographic Organization”): IHO


Kabao

Alternative spelling of Kabaw (town in Libya)


Kabaw

Holonym: djebel Nefoussa

Kabaw (a town in the Nalut District, Libya)


djebel Nefoussa

le djebel Nefoussa (canonical masculine)

Meronym: Kabaw

Nafusa Mountains
Nafusa Mountains#English

The Nafusa Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Libya)


Chanakyapuri

Holonym: New Delhi

Chanakyapuri (a neighborhood of New Delhi, India)


Blendecques

→ English: Blendecques

Holonym: Audomarois

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


Salperwick

→ English: Salperwick

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


Tatinghem

→ English: Tatinghem

Holonym: Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem

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


Vivekanand Camp

Unadapted borrowing from English Vivekanand Camp.

ubor

Holonym: New Delhi

Vivekanand Camp (a shantytown in New Delhi, India)


comté de Siskiyou

le comté de Siskiyou (canonical masculine)

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


Suisse romande

the French-speaking area of Switzerland, Romandy


pari de Pascal

Pascal's wager (argument put forward by Blaise Pascal, according to which a non-believer has nothing to lose by believing in God, even if God does not exist)


République populaire de Louhansk

République populaire de Lougansk
République populaire de Lougansk#French

Alternative form of République populaire de Lougansk


Oufa

Ufa (the capital city of Bashkortostan, Russia)


Lougansk

From Russian Луга́нск (Lugánsk). Largely displaced by Louhansk (from Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk)), except in République populaire de Lougansk.


Louhansk

Luhansk (the capital city of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine)


Ingouchie

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


Irkoutsk

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


Tcheliabinsk

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


Oulan-Oudé

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


Labourd

From Latin Lapurdum, from Basque Lapurdi.

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


La Ciotat

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


LREM

La République en marche
w:La République en marche

(French politics) Initialism of La République en marche.


PCF

Parti communiste français
w:fr:Parti communiste français

(French politics) Initialism of Parti communiste français (“French Communist Party”).


REC

(French politics) Abbreviation of Reconquête !.


R!

(French politics) Abbreviation of Reconquête !, a far-right nationalist political party in France.


Empire romain d'Occident

Empire romain d’ Occident (canonical masculine)

Coordinate term: Empire romain d’Orient

Western Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire


Empire romain d'Orient

Empire romain d’ Orient (canonical masculine)

/ɑ̃.piʁ ʁɔ.mɛ̃ d‿ɔ.ʁjɑ̃/

Coordinate term: Empire romain d’Occident

Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire


Phérécr.

πολύ·τυρος, ος, ον [ῠῡ] qui abonde en fromage, en beurre, Phérécr. (Com.fr.2,316) (π. τυρός).

1895, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1601/1, s.v. πολύ·τυρος:

πολύ-τῡρος, ος, ον [ῠ] which abounds in cheese, in butter, Pherecr.Com.Fr.2.316 (πολύς, τυρός).

(bibliography and lexicography) Abbreviation of Phérécrate: Pherecr.


Phérékratès

From Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrátēs). Compare Phérécrate.

Φερε·κράτης, ους (ὁ) [ᾰ] Phérékratès (Phérécrate), poète de l’ancienne comédie, Plat. Prot. 327d, etc. ‖
➳ Acc. -ην ou -η, Ps.-Plut. Mus. 30.
Étym. φ. κράτος.

1895, Anatole Bailly, Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 2059:


Phérécrate

From Latin Pherecratēs. Compare Phérékratès.

Pherecrates (celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy)


PPDA

Patrick Poivre d’Arvor
w:Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

(France) Initialism of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor.


Magdalénien

Coined by French anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet.

coin

Upper Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic#English

Magdalenian (culture of the Upper Paleolithic in western Europe)


Sud-Est

Haitian Creole: Sidès

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


grande dame de fer

la grande dame de fer (canonical feminine)


Pigalle

Named after the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.

Pigalle (a neighbourhood of Paris, France)


Baloutchistan

Borrowed from Persian بلوچستان (balučestân, balōčistān).

bor+

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


Neuilly

A commune of the Eure department, France.

A commune of the Nièvre department, France.

Hé mec, je me présente : je m’appelle Charles-Henri Du Pré / J’habite à Neuilly dans un quartier mais alors, paumé !

1991, “Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy”, in Bouleversifiant, performed by Les Inconnus:


île de la Jeunesse

Haitian Creole: Lil Lajenès

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


DIR

Direction Interdépartementale des Routes#French

Abbreviation of Direction Interdépartementale des Routes.


Guillouard

→ English: Guillouard


Tourlonias

→ Italian: Torlonia


La Nouvelle-Ibérie

New Iberia (a city in Louisiana, United States)


Léogâne

Haitian Creole: Leyogàn

A commune and capital of Léogâne, Ouest department, Haiti

An arrondisement in the Ouest department, Haiti


Grand-Goâve

Haitian Creole: Grangwav

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


France équinoxiale

(historical) The colonization project of France in the 17th century in equatorial South America.


Maille

→ English: Maille

François Maille, b. 1881


Maillé

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

Former name of Luynes. (town in Indre-et-Loire)


Maillé

→ English: Maille


Vègre

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

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


Perrineau

→ English: Perrineau


Perneau

→ English: Perneau


Aktaou

Holonym: oblys de Manguistaou

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


Kouryk

Holonym: oblys de Manguistaou

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


Alat

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


Atambaïev

Transliteration of Kazakh Атамбаев (Atambaev).

translit

Атамбаев Атамбаев#Kazakh

A transliteration of the Kazakh surname Атамбаев (Atambaev, “Atambayev”).


Dobrokhotov

Transliteration of Russian Доброхотов (Dobroxotov).

Roman Dobrokhotov, b. 1983

Доброхотов Доброхотов#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Доброхотов (Dobroxotov, “Dobrokhotov”).


Sinnamary

A commune of the French Guiana department.


Dourov

Transliteration of Russian Дуров (Durov).

Pavel Dourov, b. 1984

Дуров Дуров#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Дуров (Durov, “Durov”).


Durov

Pavel Durov, b. 1984

Дуров Дуров#Russian


glacier de Guliya

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


Rimkieta

A district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.


Guylaine

Guylaine Tremblay, b. 1960

a female given name, variant of Ghislaine.


Guerre de Trente Ans

Guerre des Trente Ans (canonical feminine)

/ɡɛʁ də tʁɑ̃t ɑ̃/


Guerre de Sept Ans

la Guerre de Sept Ans (canonical feminine)

/ɡɛʁ də sɛ.t‿ɑ̃/


Aboubacar

Aboubacar Sankharé, b. 1978


Sankharé

Aboubacar Sankharé, b. 1978


Hincmar

Hincmar de Reims, b. 806


Ain Benian

Algiers Province
Algiers Province#English

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


Staouéli

Transliteration of Arabic سطاوالي, from Kabyle ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ.

der

Kabyle ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ

Staouéli (a municipality of Algiers Province, Algeria).


Queloz

→ English: Queloz

Historically most prevalent in Switzerland.


Limoilou

A neighbourhood of Quebec, Quebec, Canada.


Grand Colombier

le Grand Colombier (canonical masculine)

Holonyms: Bugey, massif du Jura

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


Ruffieux

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


Ruffieux

→ English: Ruffieux


Anglefort

→ English: Anglefort

/ɑ̃.ɡlə.fɔʁ/

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


Bugey

Holonym: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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

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


Valromey

Holonyms: Ain, Bugey

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


Soz

Sos del Rey Católico
Sos del Rey Católico#French


Belley

Holonyms: Ain, Bugey

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


Colombier

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

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

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


Colombier

→ English: Colombier


Colombier

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


Pilou

a diminutive of the male given name Philippe


Sos del Rey Católico

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Sos del Rey Católico.

ubor

Holonym: Aragon

Sos del Rey Católico
Sos del Rey Católico#English

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


Floflo

Reduplication of Flo, diminutive of Florence/Florent.

a diminutive of the female given name Florence

a diminutive of the male given name Florent


Bellay

Obsolete spelling of Belley (town in Ain, France)


Saint-Cyprien

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

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

Holonym: Roussillon

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


Elne

Holonym: Roussillon

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


Grand-Colombier

le Grand-Colombier (canonical masculine)


Marcazeau

English: Marcazeau

Holonym: Couserans

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


Merdançon

English: Merdançon

Holonym: Couserans

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

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

Former name of Verdanson (river of Hérault)


PCQ

Parti conservateur du Québec
Parti conservateur du Québec#French

(Canadian politics) CPQ: Initialism of Parti conservateur du Québec (“Conservative Party of Quebec”).


fr-proper noun

République algérienne démocratique et populaire f

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria#English

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


Zabou

Zabou Breitman, b. 1959

a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle


Milliard ennuyeux

le Milliard ennuyeux (canonical masculine)


milliard ennuyeux

le milliard ennuyeux (canonical masculine)

Milliard ennuyeux
Milliard ennuyeux#French

Alternative letter-case form of Milliard ennuyeux (“Boring Billion”).


Judicaël

→ English: Judicael

→ English: Jekyll

French form of the Old Breton name Iudicael, derived from Old Breton iudd (“lord, ruler, prince”) + Old Breton cael (“generous, noble”).

a male given name, transferred from the surname.


RTSR

Radio Télévision Suisse Romande
Radio Télévision Suisse Romande#French

(historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Radio Télévision Suisse Romande, the Swiss-French public service broadcaster


Chaumette

→ English: Chaumette, Shumate


Yatir

Short for forêt de Yatir (forest in Israel)


forêt de Yatir

Holonym: Israël

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


Montardit

→ English: Montardit

Holonym: Couserans

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


Beit Nouba

Holonym: Palestine

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


Lecœuvre

→ English: Lecoeuvre

In France, historically most prevalent in Nord.

Fabien Lecœuvre, b. 1958


Delpuech

→ English: Delpuech


Hatchondo

Borrowed from Basque. Historically most prevalent in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Souriau

→ English: Souriau


Suisse de l'Asie

la Suisse de l’ Asie (canonical feminine)

Synonym of Singapour (“Switzerland of Asia”)


Abiteboul

From Arabic. A Sephardi surname, variant of Abitbol.


Abitbol

→ English: Abitbol


Boutboul

→ English: Boutboul


Idoménée

From Latin Idomeneus, from Ancient Greek Ἰδομενεύς (Idomeneús).

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


Chaumuzy

→ English: Chaumuzy

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


Tinqueux

→ English: Tinqueux

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


Marfaux

→ English: Marfaux

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


Bligny

→ English: Bligny

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


Courtagnon

→ English: Courtagnon

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


Lubbon

→ English: Lubbon

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


Cérons

→ English: Cérons

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


Alzen

→ English: Alzen

Holonym: Couserans

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


Nescus

→ English: Nescus

Holonym: Couserans

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


La Bastide-de-Sérou

→ English: La Bastide-de-Sérou

Holonym: Séronais

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

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


Tonnerre

→ English: Tonnerre

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


Dantou

Borrowed from Occitan. Historically most prevalent in Dordogne.

Roger Dantou, b. 1880


Tourtoirac

→ English: Tourtoirac

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


forêt du Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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


Klavatz

Gisèle Klavatz, b. 1929


Buenos-Ayres

Dated spelling of Buenos Aires (“Buenos Aires”) (capital of Argentina)


Balagué

A village in Balaguères, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Balaguères

Holonym: Couserans

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


Jousseaume

→ English: Jousseaume


Goudeket

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Goudeket.

Maurice Goudeket, b. 1889


Arjäng

Meronym: Bastnäs

Årjäng (a town and municipality of Värmland, Sweden)


Cattelot

Anne-Laure Cattelot, b. 1988


Bouygues

→ English: Bouygues


détroit de Magellan

le détroit de Magellan (canonical masculine)

Holonym: Chili


grand remplacement

le grand remplacement (canonical masculine)

Grand Remplacement
Grand Remplacement#French

Alternative letter-case form of Grand Remplacement


Cordillère des Andes

la Cordillère des Andes (canonical feminine)

cordillère des Andes
cordillère des Andes#French

Alternative letter-case form of cordillère des Andes


cordillère des Andes

la cordillère des Andes (canonical feminine)

Calque of Spanish cordillera de los Andes.

calque

Holonym: cordillère américaine

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


Nouvian

→ English: Nouvian

Claire Nouvian, b. 1974


Hublin

→ English: Hublin

Jean-Jacques Hublin, b. 1953


Nouvion

→ English: Nouvion

Holonym: canton de Nouvion

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

Étienne Nouvion, b. 1846


En marche

(French politics) Former name of Renaissance.


La France insoumise

(French politics) A left-wing French political party.


Les Républicains

(French politics) A centre-right to right-wing Gaullist French political party.


Parti socialiste

(French politics) A centre-left to left-wing French political party.


Parti communiste français

(French politics) A left-wing to far-left French political party.


Les Écologistes

(French politics) A center-left to left-wing green French political party.


Europe Écologie Les Verts

(French politics) A former center-left to left-wing green French political party.


Prévot

Translingual: Prevotella


J.-C.

Abbreviation of Jésus Christ (Jesus Christ)