Bayonne

English

Etymology

From French Bayonne. The first element of the name is variously said to be Basque or Latin; the second element is Basque on (“good”). More at Bayonne. Also compare Latin baia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bayonne

1. A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
2. A city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
3. A ghost town in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

Derived terms

• bayonet
• Bayonne ham

Translations

city and commune of southwest France

• Aragonese: Bayona f
• Basque: Baiona (eu)
• Belarusian: Баёна f (Bajóna)
• Breton: Baiona f
• Bulgarian: Байо́н m (Bajón)
• Catalan: Baiona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴约讷 (zh) (Bāyuēnè)

• Esperanto: Bajono
• French: Bayonne (fr) m
• Galician: Baiona (gl) f
• Greek: Μπαγιόν (el) (Bagión)
• Japanese: バイヨンヌ (Baiyon'nu)
• Kazakh: Байонна (Baionna)
• Korean: 바욘 (bayon)
• Latin: Baiona f
• Marathi: बायोन (bāyon)
• Occitan: Baiona f
• Polish: Bajonna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Baiona f
• Russian: Байо́нна (ru) f (Bajónna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бајон m

  Latin: Bajon m

• Spanish: Bayona (es) f
• Thai: บายอน (baai on)
• Ukrainian: Байо́нна f (Bajónna)

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.jɔn/

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Proper noun

Bayonne ?

1. Bayonne (a city and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Derived terms

• bayonnais
• Bayonnais
• bayonnette

Descendants

• English: Bayonne
• Galician: Baiona
• Portuguese: Baiona