Vannes

See also: vannes, and vannés

English

Etymology

From French Vannes.

Proper noun

Vannes

1. A town, the capital of the Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Translations

town

• Breton: Gwened (br)
• Latin: Dariorigum n
• Marathi: व्हान (vhān)

French

Etymology

The Roman name was Latin Veneti, a Gaulish/Celtic tribe whose name likely shares a Proto-Indo-European origin with other similar sounding tribes, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“kindred, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive”). More at Veneti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /van/

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Proper noun

Vannes ?

1. Vannes

Related terms

• vannetais, Vannetais

References

• Whatmough, Joshua (2015): The Foundations of Roman Italy