Essonne

English

Proper noun

Essonne

2. A department of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Évry-Courcouronnes (INSEE code 91).
4. A left tributary of the Seine, in northern France, flowing through the departments of Loiret, Seine-et-Marne and Essonne.

Related terms

• Corbeil-Essonnes

Translations

department

• French: Essonne (fr) f
• Marathi: एसॉन m (esŏn)

Anagrams

• Senones, oneness, senones

French

Etymology

Named after the river, from the Gallo-Roman water goddess, Gaulish and Latin Acionna, Acionnae, of Celtic origin, probably sharing the same Proto-Indo-European source as the river Axona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.sɔn/

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Proper noun

Essonne f

1. Essonne (a department of Île-de-France, France)
2. Essonne (a left tributary of the Seine, in northern France, flowing through the departments of Loiret, Seine-et-Marne and Essonne)

Derived terms

• essonnien
• Essonnien

References

• Acionna and the Fountain l’Etuvée (Loiret)