Bellefontaine
See also: Belle Fontaine
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɛlˈfaʊntən/, /ˈbɛlfaʊntən/
Proper noun
Bellefontaine
- A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
- A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
- A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
- A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
- A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
Translations
a French commune
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city in Ohio
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Further reading
- Bellefontaine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From belle (“beautiful”) + fontaine (“fountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Bellefontaine f
- Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France)
- Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
- Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France)
- Bellefontaine (a village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées)
- Bellefontaine (a village and commune of Martinique department, France)
- Bellefontaine (a city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States)
Descendants
- English: Bellefontaine
Further reading
- Bellefontaine on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr