Macon
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]An anglicized form of French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmakɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑˈkɔn/
Proper noun
[edit]Macon
Noun
[edit]Macon (countable and uncountable, plural Macons)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪkən/
Proper noun
[edit]Macon
- A surname.
- A city, the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia, United States, with which it is now consolidated as Macon-Bibb County.
- A city, the county seat of Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Mâcon, n¹.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Georgia, USA
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Mississippi, USA
- en:County seats of Mississippi, USA
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:County seats of Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- English eponyms
- en:Wines