Perpignan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑ̃/, /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːŋ

Proper noun

Perpignan

1. A city in Pyrénées-Orientales department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

Translations

city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France

• Arabic: بِيرْبِينْيَا‎ m (bīrbīnyā)
• Aragonese: Perpinyán f
• Belarusian: Перпінья́н m (Pjerpinʹján)
• Bulgarian: Перпиня́н m (Perpinján), Перпиня́ m (Perpinjá)
• Catalan: Perpinyà f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 佩皮尼昂 (pui³ pei⁴ nei⁴ ngong⁴)

  Mandarin: 佩皮尼昂 (Pèipíníáng)

• Esperanto: Perpinjano
• Finnish: Perpignan
• French: Perpignan (fr) m
• Galician: Perpinyán f
• Greek: Περπινιάν (el) n (Perpinián)
• Hebrew: פֶּרְפִּינְיָאן‎ m (Perpinyán)
• Hindi: पेर्पिञां f (perpiñā̃)

• Interlingua: Perpinia
• Italian: Perpignano f
• Japanese: ペルピニャン (Perupinyan)
• Korean: 페르피냥 (Pereupinyang)
• Latin: Perpenniānum n, Perpiniānum n, Perpiniācum n
• Latvian: Perpiņāna f, Perpiņa f
• Lithuanian: Perpinjanas m
• Occitan: Perpinhan (oc) m
• Persian: پرپینیان‎ (perpinyân)
• Portuguese: Perpignan f, (rare) Perpinhã f, Perpinhão f
• Russian: Перпинья́н m (Perpinʹján)
• Spanish: Perpiñán (es) f
• Ukrainian: Перпінья́н m (Perpinʹján), Перпінья́ m (Perpinʹjá)
• Yiddish: פּערפּיניאַן‎ m (perpinyan)

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French

Etymology

From Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna, an Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.pi.ɲɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan m

1. Perpignan (a city in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)

Derived terms

• perpignanais, Perpignanais

References

• Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1913): A Companion to Latin Studies

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Perpinhã (rare)
• Perpinhão (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan f

1. Perpignan (a city in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)