Juneau

English

Etymology

French Juneau. The Alaskan city was named after Joe Juneau, whose French surname derives from jeune (“young”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -uːnəʊ

Proper noun

Juneau (countable and uncountable, plural Juneaus)

1. A surname from French.
2. A placename
   1. The capital city of Alaska, United States.
   2. A city, the county seat of Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.

Derived terms

• Juneau City and Borough
• Juneau County

 

Translations

capital of Alaska

• Arabic: جُونُو m (jūnū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朱諾／朱诺 (zh) (Zhūnuò)

• Danish: Juneau
• Finnish: Juneau (fi)
• French: Juneau (fr)
• German: Juneau (de)
• Hindi: जूनो (Jūno)
• Hungarian: Juneau (hu)
• Japanese: ジュノー (Junō)
• Korean: 주노 (Juno)
• Latin: Iunellum
• Portuguese: Juneau f
• Russian: Джу́но (ru) m (Džúno)
• Spanish: Juneau m or f
• Tlingit: Dzántikʼi Héeni

French

Etymology

From jeune +‎ -eau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.no/

Proper noun

Juneau ?

1. Juneau: a surname
2. Juneau (the capital city of Alaska, United States).

Descendants

• English: Juneau

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Juneau (“city”), from French Juneau (“surname”), from jeune (“young”)

Proper noun

Juneau

1. Juneau (the capital city of Alaska, United States)