Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

French

Etymology

Calque of Occitan Font de Vau-cluso, mistranslating font (“source”) as fontaine (“fountain”). The name derives from the large karst spring, source of the river Sorgue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃.tɛn.də.vo.klyz/

Proper noun

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ?

  1. a commune of Vaucluse department, France, famous for its large karst spring
    Synonym: (obsolete) Vaucluse

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