Caen

See also: caen

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun

Caen

  1. A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Caen ?

  1. Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Caen ?

  1. Caen
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