Cannes

See also: cannes and cannés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Cannes, from Occitan Canas or Occitan Cànoas (alternative spelling of Canas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: can

Proper noun

Cannes

1. A city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.

Translations

a city in France

• Arabic: كَان (ar) m (kān)
• Armenian: Կանն (hy) (Kann)
• Catalan: Canes (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戛納 / 戛纳 (zh) (Jiánà, Gānà), 坎城 (zh) (Kǎnchéng) (Taiwan)

• Greek: Κάννες (el) f pl (Kánnes)
• Japanese: カンヌ (Kannu)
• Korean: 칸 (ko) (Kan)
• Latin: Canoē f
• Macedonian: Кан m (Kan)
• Marathi: कान (mr) n (kān)
• Occitan: Canas (oc)
• Polish: Cannes (pl) n
• Portuguese: Cannes f
• Russian: Ка́нны (ru) f pl (Kánny)

Anagrams

• Nances, nances

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Canua, possibly related to cane (“reed”). Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate toponym *kan ("tall, height").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: cane

Proper noun

Cannes ?

1. Cannes (a city in France)

References

• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Anagrams

• scanne, scanné

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cannes f

1. Cannes (a city in Alpes-Maritimes department, France)