Caen

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French Caen, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun[edit]

Caen

  1. A city in the Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited 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[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Caen ?

  1. Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)

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Spanish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Caen ?

  1. Caen