Caen
See also: caen
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French Caen, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑn
Proper noun
editCaen
Translations
editcity in Calvados, France
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCaen ?
- Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)
Anagrams
editSpanish
editProper noun
editCaen ?
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